OMAGH BOMB AND THINGS OF THE SOUL
OMAGH BOMB AND 'THINGS OF THE SOUL'
THE director of community care within the Sperrin Lakeland Trust, Mr. David Bolton, has spoken this week about the spiritual aspects of people's lives following last August's bomb.
Mr. Bolton, who was involved in the organising of the first anniversary memorial ceremony, was addressing delegates at the Omagh International Summer School.
Speaking on the implications on people's lives in the wake of the bomb, he said he believed the 'spiritual' side of things was an important issue.
"By that I do not mean necessarily the religious or the denominational. I mean that part of each of us which is best expressed and realised through a spiritual view of the world and ourselves," he said. "We should not lose sight of the fact that on two occasions, the first a week after the bombing, the second just over a week ago, tens of thousands of people came onto the streets of Omagh, in response to the opportunity to express their feelings and hopes through what were profoundly spiritual events.
"The desire of people to get in touch with, to express and even talk about things of the heart and soul is, for me, an overwhelming insight into the needs and the potential of this community. Rather than divide us, things of the soul and the heart could unite us."
THE director of community care within the Sperrin Lakeland Trust, Mr. David Bolton, has spoken this week about the spiritual aspects of people's lives following last August's bomb.
Mr. Bolton, who was involved in the organising of the first anniversary memorial ceremony, was addressing delegates at the Omagh International Summer School.
Speaking on the implications on people's lives in the wake of the bomb, he said he believed the 'spiritual' side of things was an important issue.
"By that I do not mean necessarily the religious or the denominational. I mean that part of each of us which is best expressed and realised through a spiritual view of the world and ourselves," he said. "We should not lose sight of the fact that on two occasions, the first a week after the bombing, the second just over a week ago, tens of thousands of people came onto the streets of Omagh, in response to the opportunity to express their feelings and hopes through what were profoundly spiritual events.
"The desire of people to get in touch with, to express and even talk about things of the heart and soul is, for me, an overwhelming insight into the needs and the potential of this community. Rather than divide us, things of the soul and the heart could unite us."
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1387
Published Date: 26-Aug-99
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