Bishop Gilmore served as Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas from 1998 to 2011.
He was invited to join Grace that Reigns in 2012 with a promise of giving one retreat. This turned into 10 years of ministry and a whole new call in his retirement years. Bishop Gilmore is a gifted homilist and is drawn to Carmelite Spirituality, contemplative prayer, the relationships between consolation and desolation in prayer, and the effect of the Enemy on our discernment. He is also a Spiritual director to many priests. Finally, he uses his experience and charisms of wisdom, and knowledge to counsel people to find a sense of purpose, especially in the golden years of their lives.
A gifted writer, he has four published books called,“ Another Way, Whispers from the Rooftops, and Like the Dewfall and “the Uncommandments of Growing Old.”