Entries by Fiachra Nutty

Call to Design a Christmas Card

We are seeking fresh designs for our 2018 range of Christmas cards. We invite artists, designers, and anyone interested to submit a design for our consideration. If your design is chosen, we will promote your work by printing your name on the back of the card and in our sales catalogue and webpage, by linking […]

Vision of the Cistercian Order

Chapter Talk: 3rd Sunday B 2018 On Tuesday last we shared on Dom Gerard’s paper on his ‘Vision of the Order’.  It struck me afterwards that he is talking not only about our seeking God but also about God seeking us.  Cistercian conversatio is a response to God’s call.  Just as God called Jonah to […]

Glencairn Associates Meeting

We welcomed our ‘ Glencairn Associates’ here in Glencairn for their final meeting of 2017 on November 18th. Six persons  renewed their Promise, Jean, Elaine, Aine,Helen, Kathy and Sheila, and Anne Marie made her promise for the first time. Several Associates were unavoidably absent and we had 2 new observers. This  promise is a simple […]

Singing and Organ Workshop

The second in a series of singing and organ-playing workshops with musician, liturgist and composer Margaret Daly Denton took place over three days this week which has been a joy and an enhancement of our liturgy.    The Church encourages playing and singing in her liturgy.  The Catechism even calls “the musical tradition of the […]

Community Retreat 2017

Following this year’s General Chapter, Mother Maureen McCabe OCSO, Cistercian Abbess of Wrentham in Massachusetts, travelled back to Ireland with our Abbess, Mother Marie to give this year’s community retreat from 29 September to 7 October. Having a Cistercian as our retreat preacher is always a particularly resonant, joyful and helpful experience.  Mother Maureen’s deeply […]

Launch of our New Website

Welcome to our new website, designed by Granite Digital.  We hope you will discover here more information and insights about Cistercian life in a clear and attractive layout that is easy to navigate. Various sisters have contributed to the articles and reflections on our life published here; our archivist sister introduces Glencairn’s story from its […]

Our New Book: ‘A Year in the Life: Glencairn Abbey’

Over the past year at Glencairn Abbey we have been working with acclaimed professional photographer Valerie O’Sullivan on preparations for our new book which will be published by Columba Press in October 2017.  The book charts the days and seasons of the past year of monastic life in our community.  ‘Candid’ humorous moments combine with […]