 Vera |
 Bernard |
Gabrielle |
Paul |
 Maura |
 Michaela |
Seamus |
 Veronica |
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Kevin Our Founder 1933-2005 |
| The Servants of Love
try to spread the news of the Goodness of God. This is our primary aim and function and, to this end, the members make a yearly Promise to Appreciate the Goodness of God in all things and at all times. It can be an exacting promise, but it helps the members live positive, healthy and charitable lives in community and in the world. To live a holy and wholesome life, to enjoy the ever-abundant gifts of God, to appreciate His Goodness, even in the events that may seem very difficult... this is the message and lifestyle we promote and encourage people to practice. To live this way empowers a person to be able to receive all the goodness that God wishes to bestow. And He wishes to bestow much! |
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Vera Walsh |
Job
Responsibility:
Managing the community's finances. Presently working with new
computer software to compile accounts and make the job easy, and have
more creative time.
Visit Vera's blog  Personal
Interests:
Promoting true love through plays and writing for magazines.
Walking,
cycling and swimming. Being out in nature.
Current Projects: Sharing my Spiritual thoughts with the world. New play and studying drama. Why I am in the community: I come from a strong Catholic family. Yet, in meeting with Kevin I was awakened to a deeper friendship with God. I love the friendship that exists within the community. |
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Job
Responsibility: Health Education and Sales for the Health Shop. Directing. Producing. Computer editing. Set construction. Electrical maintenance. Building.
Personal Interests: The spiritual life. The outdoors. Film making. The art of relationships. Sport.  Visit Healthyhabs Web-Shop Current
Projects:
Editing various video programs for
clients. Building the community's new healthfood shop. Make
our camperbus functional for the journey to the Over 50ies Health Show
in the south of Spain where we will be setting up with our books, CDs,
juicers and health products.
Why I am in the community: The community, for me, provides a great inspiration and encouragement to live my life according to the high ideals of the saints of the past, particularly St. Therese and St. Francis de Sales. |
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Gabrielle Kirby |
Job
Responsibility: The
practical running of the monastery. Writer and presenter of
self-development programs (Books, CDs, DVDs, Cards). Personal Interests: People. Communication skills. Good movies. Acting. Healthcare. Hill-walking. Woodwork. Current Projects: A book about my experience of a cure effected by a 15 day water-fast. Just completed new self-encouragement CD program on the subject of ''Bereavement''. Why I am in the community: In the pursuit of my career as a dress designer I felt there was something missing. The community provided an outlet to meet people and discuss things on a deeper level. |
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Paul Diamond |
Job
Responsibility:
Sprout
man. Developing and making sprouting easy to improve our health
and well-being as well as educating people who are interested in eating
more enzyme enriched foods. Maintenance of the building and
vehicles.
 Visit Paul's Sprouting Demonstration EventsPersonal
Interests: Still photography. Studying films.
Current Projects: Putting together a PowerPoint Presentation on how to sprout and grow wheatgrass. Learning how to use the new digital still camera and computer software to create great pictures. Why I am in the community: I love living with other people and I find the community philosophy on being positive especially fulfilling. |
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Maura Power |
Why
I am in the community:
I met the community over 30 years ago and I was
very inspired by the commitment all the members had in wanting to live out
the gospel ideals. I experienced a strong calling to be part of it and to love
and serve God and my neighbour in community life. Thirty years on I still feel
the same and I'm here for the same reasons.
Personal
Interests:
I'm very interested in health and maintaining a
good diet with proper nutrition. I like to keep fit by swimming and hiking and I
do yoga a few times a week. I also like acting and writing. I love a bit
of diy in my spare time.
Job
Responsibility:
I look after cd/dvd print and duplication. Recently
I'm helping doing the office accounts. I'm part of the team that makes
the organic wraps for the cafe.
Current Project: I'm painting a 25ft wall high wall in our premises that has needed doing for 10 years! I'm also planning to make new shelves in the cd production room. |
Kevin Jacobsen 1933-2005 |
Kevin
Jacobsen our much loved Founder and Leader over 37 years passed on to A
Better Life after having contributed enormously to the spirituality
and creativity of the Servants of Love. These are Kevin's past interests The spiritual welfare of the community. As the chief moderator, ensuring things stay on track. Experimenting with and developing natural, healthy food products to help prevent and eliminate disease. Personal Interests: Health foods and designing machinery to produce same. Watching enriching good movies. Projects: Developing really tasty and eye-catching cakes to help people on their journey to a more nutritious and healthy diet. Why he loved the community: I find the community gives me the strength to persevere in any undertaking, e.g. film-making, overcoming a weakness or establishing a good habit. We are not afraid because we have each other's support. I love the friendship and social aspect of the community - I'm never alone and I find the community helps me believe I am a good person. For more information on Kevin's spirituality and life watch out for upcoming blogs which will be linked from here. |
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 Michaela Avlund |
 My Reflections and  Teenage Educational WebsiteJob Responsibility: Making Educational DVDs on Self-Confidence, Relationships and Positive Mental Health. Updating of community website and phone system, part time manager and worker in our rope factory. Housekeeping duties (I love hoovering) and shopping (I love getting 'healthy' bargains). Personal
Interests: The spiritual life. Connecting with nature. Hillwalking. Cycling. Film
making. The art of relationships. Positive Mental Health.
Current Projects: I am finishing a degree in Applied Social Care in St.Patrick's College, Carlow. Developing blogs and YouTube presence for myself and the community. Why
I am in the community: The community inspires and
encourages me to become more true to my calling to live in awe of all
things created. It teaches me to embrace and transform my darker
corners, to access and channel beauty through writing and film-making
and to love myself, God and others unconditionally. Watch my Reflections on YouTube:
 The Opening Heart and  Creative Aloneness |
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 Seamus Byrne |
Check out Seamus Music www.brotherseamus.com  Personal Interests I want to love God as much as possible. It's a big help being with people
who are dedicated to the same principles as myself, and their different
personalities and gifts make up for my own lacks in lots of areas.
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Veronica O'Reilly |
Job
Responsibility:
Acting. Art and Design. Marketing the products of the
community such as CDs, DVDs, books, etc. Vegan living food preparation
and course facilitator.
 Visit Veronica's Raw Gourmet Food Preparation EventLink to the Alive Raw Food Support Group Personal
Interests: Reading. Drawing and
painting. Helping people fulfill their creative dreams.
Current Projects: Healthfood cuisine - preparation and presentation. Why I am in the community: One of 5 children, I grew up in Dublin's inner city. I became a civil servant and, while working at that occupation, met the community and became interested in giving my life totally to God. |
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