Our path to St. Oswald’s (Part 3)
In 2008 my Burnsian colleague, Bob McDonald and I, were asked by the
Glasgow & District Burns Association to approach the Minister of Glasgow
Cathedral, the Rev Dr Laurence Whitley, to ascertain if we could join the
Cathedral's congregation on the morning of 25th January 2009 the 250th
anniversary of the birth of our National Bard, Robert Burns.
What actually took place, was a special service at 4.00 pm that day,
attended by more than six hundred people. We were linked by TV to both
America & Russia. It was my privilege to pay tribute to the memory of
Burns during that service. And all of this at the behest of Dr. Whitley
But what has this to do with our path to St. Oswald's?
Bob McDonald was a Past President of the Rotary Club of Dennistoun. Part
of our work on the lead up to the special service in the Cathedral was to
attend meetings on a Wednesday evening. Bob would take me to
Dennistoun as his guest and then we would