Solemn Monastic Profession of Sr. Elizabeth Deasy OCSO
Just eight days after Sr. Angela’s Solemn Profession day on 20th of August, we again had reason for great rejoicing in Glencairn with the final vows of Sr. Elizabeth...
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Cistercians Attend Papal Mass
Cistercian monks and nuns, representing Glencairn, Mt Melleray and Roscrea, travelled to Dublin yesterday to attend the papal mass. Eight sisters from Glencairn left at six a.m. in heavy rain...
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Solemn Monastic Profession of Sr. Angela Finegan OCSO
There was great joy at St. Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn as we witnessed and celebrated the Solemn Monastic Profession of Sr. Angela Finegan on the feast of St. Bernard, 20th August...
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Artists Answer Call to Design a Christmas Card
Earlier this year our Card Department sent out a “Call to Design a Christmas Card”, inviting submissions from artists for designs which we might include in our 2018 range of...
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Insights on Retreat: Part 2
Sister Michele here concludes her article on this year’s community retreat which took place in June, given by Fr Michael Casey, Cistercian monk and spiritual author. Our Core values...
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Insights on Retreat
Sr Michele Slattery gathers the graces from this year’s community retreat as she reflects, in the first of a two part article, on key points that stood out for her....
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Ora et Labora: Our Contribution to the World Meeting of Families 2018
As a monastic community ‘wholly ordered to contemplation’ (OCSO Constitutions) it is a welcome opportunity to be in a position to give something practical as well as spiritual in our...
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Cloister Garden Renewal at Glencairn
A traditional monastery is built around four cloisters (covered walkways, or simply corridors) which form a rectangle. The space in the middle of this rectangle is the cloister garden. Accessible...
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Reflection for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, on the Entrance antiphon for Mass
Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens? This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven will return as you saw him go, alleluia. (Acts 1:11 – sung...
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A Call to Joy: Vocations Sunday 2018
Today, on Vocations Sunday, we reflect on Pope Francis’ message for Vocation Sunday 2018 in which he offers three ‘steps’ that can guide us in our vocational discernment: The Importance...
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Entrance Antiphon Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter
Sr Eleanor continues her series on the Entrance Antiphon for the Mass during the season of Eastertide. Cry out with joy to God, all the earth; O sing to...
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Former Chaplain of Glencairn, Fr Bonaventure Cumiskey RIP
Father Bonaventure Cumiskey, or Fr Bon, as he was fondly known, was chaplain in Glencairn from 1981 to 1990. Born in Kells, Co. Meath, in 1922, he entered Mount...
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