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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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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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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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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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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A Christmas Hymn and Blessing from Glencairn
Watch our video of ‘A Noble Flower of Judah’ sung by the community at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn. Dear family and friends, we cannot come together this year for our...
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First Sunday of Advent 2020 Reflection: A Time of Trust and Hope
Sr Eleanor Campion shares a reflection on this first sunday of Adent based on the entrance antiphon for the Mass ‘Ad te levavi’. To you, I lift up my soul,...
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Special Birthdays in our Community
What a year for big birthdays in the community! On 30th June, Mother Marie, who has served the community as Abbess for the past 19 years, turned 70 years old....
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Conference 14 - 18 Sept 2020: The Rule of St Benedict & The Little Prince
Fr Luke McNamara OSB is a monk of Glenstal Abbey and a lecturer in sacred scripture at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. As a follower of the Rule of St Benedict...
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