This past week, our two Junior nuns have been featured in RSVP Magazine, “Ireland’s No.1 Celebrity Magazine and Website”—probably an unexpected venture for both the Juniors and the magazine! Shauna Bannon-Ward interviewed Sr Beatrice and Sr Laura at the end of last year, and did a thorough job! While some of the interview is available […]
Last night, four Sisters were delighted to attend the service of Nine Lessons and Carols at the Church of Ireland Cathedral in Lismore. We were invited to participate by good friends of the community, Dean Paul Draper and his wife Kathryn, and were warmly welcomed from the moment we arrived. Nine Lessons and Carols is […]
Christmas Eve Vespers: 4:45pm Compline: omitted Vigils of Christmas Nativity: 10:10pm Midnight Mass followed by carols: 12am Christmas Day Lauds: 7:45am (no Christmas Day Mass) Terce: 10:00am Midday Office: 12:40pm Vespers: 6pm Compline: 7:45pm St Stephen’s Day Mass: 12:00pm Other Offices as usual Christmas Octave Midday office at 12:40pm. None (prayer at 2:45pm or 3pm) omitted
Introit for the First Sunday of Advent The season of Advent opens with the introit “Ad Te Levavi,” taken from Psalm 24. “To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul” sets the tone for these weeks. This antiphon teaches a straightforward Christian attitude: trust and hope. We lift our souls to God openly, not […]
October 11–18, 2025 Recently, the sisters and brothers in initial formation from our monasteries in Ireland and England gathered in Norway for a course on the Church Fathers, given by Bishop Erik Varden OCSO. The gathering took place at Tautra Mariakloster, a monastery situated on a small island in the Trondheimsfjord, near Trondheim. The monastery, […]
On October 3rd we celebrated the change of stability of Sr Kathleen Waters and Sr Anne Malcolm from the community of N.D. de l’Assomption, New Brunswick, Canada, to Glencairn. These two sisters now officially belong to our community because, unfortunately, Assomption had become very small and fragile and closed last year. As there is no […]
Crescent College Students Visit Glencairn Abbey We were delighted to welcome a group of Leaving Certificate students from Crescent College, Limerick, together with two of their teachers, for a retreat day at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn. Students from Crescent College have been visiting us each year for this past 5 years, so we look forward […]
