A Tribute to the Life and Memory of John O’Donohue
A Tribute to the Life and Memory of John O’Donohue
In Remembrance: May You Find Your Way Safely to the Farther Shore
Tuesday, March 25th from 6-7:30 pm
Central Library at 800 SW 10th Ave., Portland
in the U.S. Bank public meeting room
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by Friends of John O’Donohue.
May you feel a thousand welcomes to join us for this celebration of the gifts, work, and life of this author. We will be reading from his books, sharing our reflections, and honoring his unique point of view that gave language, voice and expression to our deepest experiences.
For more information contact Helene H. Emerson at 503-239-5198 or email helene_emerson at yahoo.com
Read Helene's Tribute to O'Donohue in New Connexion Journal: http://newconnexion.net/article/03-08/Tribute_to_John_ODonohue.html
Book Review of O'Donohue's "To Bless the Space Between Us"
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings, John O'Donohue, Random House, 2008, $22.95
"When we stand before crucial thresholds in our lives," observes the late Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue, "we have no rituals to protect, encourage and guide us as we cross over into the unknown." Following seven rhythms of the human journey - beginnings, desires, thresholds, homecoming, states of the heart, callings, and beyond endings - O'Donohue blesses us with words of profound grace and wisdom that keep company with all of our passages and transitions, from the known and familiar to the new, unmapped unknown, from joyous to difficult and even dark. He explains "blessing" as a way of life, as a lens through which the whole world is transformed, and he invites us to awaken our own power to bless. He leaves us this last lyrical gift of his words and blessing now that he has passed on.
- Helene H. Emerson
You can hear a recording of John O’Donohue from NPR radio (originally aired March 2008)
Check out the Speaking of Faith program with Krista Tippet – (heard on OPB radio Sunday, March 2nd at 7 pm) from an interview in October 2007.
You can hear the interview anytime and more on their web site: http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/john_odonahue/index.shtm...
The Inner Landscape of Beauty
John O'Donohue was an Irish poet and philosopher beloved for his book Anam Cara — Gaelic for "soul friend" — and for his insistence on beauty as a human calling and a defining aspect of God. He had a very Celtic, lifelong fascination with what he called "the invisible world." And he would also surely see this also as a serendipitous continuation of his life's work — of bringing ancient Celtic wisdom to modern confusions and longings.