NEWS & REFLECTIONS

News & Reflections

February 21, 2022

Report on our OCSO General Chapter Part 1

This year’s General Chapter of our Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance opened in Assisi, Italy, on Monday 7th February 2022. This was the first General Chapter to take...

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December 31, 2021

A Year in the Life of Glencairn Abbey: Looking back at 2021

Glencairn Abbey Church Greetings and blessings of peace and joy to you at Christmas. As we arrive at the end of this year of 2021 we look back and share...

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December 26, 2021

Christmas Chapter Talk 2021

“He is born in us continually as our minds, our actions, our reactions, our relationships, our experience and our prayer are Christified.” (‘The Coming of God’ by Sr Maria...

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September 20, 2021

School Retreat at Glencairn

We had a lovely day with twelve sixth year students of Crescent College, Limerick and their chaplain on their retreat day at Glencairn on Friday, 17 September, 2021. Our new...

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September 10, 2021

Harvest Thanksgiving

Our community’s annual harvest thanksgiving mass is a welcome moment to reflect on all we have received, both fruits of the harvest of our labour and all our service to...

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August 28, 2021

Stained Glass Window Commission

On 27th August our lovely new stained glass window, designed and created by Bianca Divito, (www.biancadivito.com) was installed in our new guesthouse oratory here at Glencairn Abbey. Having completed our...

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July 19, 2021

Abbess Marie Fahy's Chapter Talk on Sr Beatrice's First Profession

Sr Beatrice’s First Profession 11th July 2021 – Feast of St Benedict Mother Marie Fahy O.C.S.O. My dear Emma: From today on you will be called by a new...

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June 1, 2021

Community Retreat 2021

Our annual community retreat this year took place from 16th to 23rd May here at Glencairn. Our retreat preacher this year was Fr. John Walsh OP, an Irish Dominican friar...

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May 16, 2021

Ascension Day Reflection

From the Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 1: ‘Run to the Mountain’ 1939-1941 AND TODAY IS ASCENSION DAY, and in a week the Paraclete comes down like fires...

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April 2, 2021

How Can We Say That God Is Good?

How can evil and God co-exist in our world? What meaning does suffering have in our lives? As we commemorate Jesus’ death on a cross on Good Friday each year,...

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Events

01/01/2023

Individual Discernment Retreats

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27/10/2023

Monastic Experience Weekend for Women Discerning a Vocation : 27th – 29th October 2023

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