St. Mary's AI, Glencairn

St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Co. Waterford, Ireland

Reflections

From the Inside: One Weekender’s Monastic Experience

11 June 2011

The following reflection is written by a young woman who joined us for last May’s monastic experience weekend here at Glencairn Abbey:

If we are open to them, odd things can happen, great

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Sunday’s Gospel, 2nd Week of Advent, Year A

05 December 2010

The stark figure of John the Baptist occupies the centre of the Liturgy of the Word in this Second Sunday of Advent, a figure of austerity and solitude.  Hard places, like hard times such as we in

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Sunday’s Gospel, Week 32, Year C

07 November 2010

Luke 20:27-38

Clever argument challenges Jesus as he arrives in Jerusalem at the end of his journey in this Sunday’s Gospel, finding himself once again confronted by the religious powers of the

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Sunday’s Gospel, Week 31, Year C

31 October 2010

Our fears in letting go of our attachments on our journey to God are put to rest in this beautiful story of the joy of love’s discovery.  The person of Zacchaeus in Luke’s Gospel story for this

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A first profession of vows

Sister Robert joyfully made her first vows at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn on December 8th,

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Bachelor of Theology award for Sr Nuala O’Reilly ocso

Congratulations to Sister Nuala of Glencairn who was awarded with a Bachelor of Theology

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