Geraldine Smyth OP has had - and continues to have - a profound influence on ecumenical dialogue in Ireland and on the conceptual development of ecumenics as a field of studies. Her work seeks to place theological understandings in service to and in dialogue with other intellectual disciplines in such a way as to benefit human beings. Her response to 'the troubles' that have afflicted her native Belfast and Northern Ireland has shown in particular how a focused, open-minded, peace-directed consciousness can be a balm for a troubled society.