NEWS & REFLECTIONS

February 22, 2020

Opening of our New Abbey Guesthouse

WE are delighted to announce the opening of our new Abbey Guesthouse here at Glencairn. This phase of our building project began in December 2018 with the demolition of buildings...

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October 29, 2019

Glencairn Christmas Cards 2019 - Online Shop

We are very happy to announce that Glencairn Abbey has launched an online shop, and our Christmas cards are now available. The site is very new and still needs a...

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September 27, 2019

Our Next Monastic Experience Weekend 25 - 27 October 2019

We are looking forward to hosting our next Monastic Experience Weekend from 25th to 27th October here at Glencairn. Single, Catholic women searching for a God-centred path in their life...

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August 23, 2019

900th Anniversary of the Charter of Charity

Brothers and sisters from all the Irish Cistercian monasteries, and some from England and Scotland, met at Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth, last Monday, August 19th, for a one-day conference marking...

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July 18, 2019

Emma Brady Receives the Novice's Habit

On the feast of St Benedict, 11th July, 2019, Emma Brady, from Cavan, Ireland received the Cistercian Novice’s habit from Mother Marie Fahy, Abbess of St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn. The...

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June 21, 2019

Author Kate Hennessy, Granddaughter of Dorothy Day, Visits Glencairn

We had a lovely evening of sharing and song recently with author, Kate Hennessy and her musician/composer husband Garry Jones in Glencairn. Kate, hailing from Vermont, USA, is the award-winning...

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March 23, 2019

Next Monastic Vocations Weekend 3 - 5 May 2019

As we were all booked up for our last monastic vocations weekend in March for women finding out more about Cistercian life, we would like to offer women who are...

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February 5, 2019

Vocations Weekend 15-17 March 2019

Our next Monastic Experience Weekend for women who are discerning their vocation takes place 15-17 March 2019. We are delighted to be able to hold these weekends twice yearly for...

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February 5, 2019

Death of Sr Kate Cleary ocso

Sr. Kate was born in Butlerstown, Co. Waterford, on 29th May, 1926, the second eldest of four sisters. She won a scholarship to Falcarragh in Donegal and from there went...

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January 27, 2019

Homily for the feast of the Cistercian Founders 2019

We thought it would be good to share with you Dom Augustine’s homily at yesterday’s mass for the feast of the Holy Founders of the Cistercian Order, Saints Robert, Alberic...

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