This is an “overflow” weekend that we are offering to those who are interested in exploring their vocation with us at Glencairn in the month of August this year. As our last Monastic Experience Weekend in May was overbooked – what a great group we had with us – we decided to make another weekend […]
The recent RTE documentary, School of Love from the Would You Believe series is now available to view online. Click on the player below or view it on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/92156178
For those who feel drawn to the Cistercian Way to God, this weekend is an opportunity to join us in the daily rhythm of our life, to reflect on the monastic call, to meet the sisters and to find out more about our way of life here at Glencairn. There are three more places available […]
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 6pm Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion: 3:15pm Easter Vigil (on Easter Sunday morning): 3:30am Easter Sunday Mass: 11:00am All are welcome to join us. Pax
This Easter Sunday RTÉ’s Would You Believe? School of Love goes behind the scenes into Ireland’s only women’s Cistercian Monastery. For the past year, RTE’s Would You Believe? team have been given special access to monastic life at Glencairn in order to produce this one hour special documentary to be broadcast on Easter Sunday. With […]
On Sunday evening, 22nd December four sisters of our community attended the Church of Ireland Christmas carol service Nine Lessons & Carols at St Carthage’s cathedral in Lismore, Co. Waterford where Dean Paul Draper welcomed us to join with his congregation in celebrating the joyful feast of Christ’s birth into our world. Mother Marie of […]
A cold winter’s evening last Friday night was quickly transformed for those of us who were gathered at the church of the Immaculate Conception, in Tallow, Co. Waterford for an atmospheric and inspiring Evening of Sacred Song organised by Liz O’Hara. Liz is one of our longtime employees here at Glencairn who has a wonderful […]
Treat yourself and your friends to a night of Fun and Food with Celebrity Chef Neven Maguire. This fundraising event in aid of St Mary’s Abbey building project takes place at The Park Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford on Wednesday 27th November, 2013. Stands with local artisan food produce and raffle will also be included in […]
Are you looking for something deeper in your life? A way of life that is more God-centred? A way of greater simplicity and truthfulness? A way of life in a community of faith and prayer? Then you might like to consider and pray about attending our next Monastic Experience Weekend taking place from 25 to […]
The community have rejoiced in witnessing two monastic initiations in the month of August of this year here at Glencairn. On 27 August, 2013 Elizabeth Deasy was formally received as a novice at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, receiving the white habit and white veil of a Cistercian novice. The feast on which Liz recieved the […]
On the feast of St Bernard, 20th August, having completed her six-month period of postulancy, Angela Finegan received the Cistercian habit, initiating her entrance to the novitiate at Glencairn for a two year initial formation period. At the ceremony, a private occasion attended by the community in the Chapter room of the monastery, Angela received […]
The annual summer festival of faith organised by Youth 2000 relocated from Clonmacnois this year to the Cistercian Abbey of Mount St Joseph, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. Up to 1,000 young adults attended this event which took place from 15 to 18 August in the Cistercian College in the monastic grounds. Three hundred of these young […]
