St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn Building Project
The planning phase of our building project to renovate the monastery buildings and facilities here at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, culminated in late 2011 with planning permission granted by local...
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Solemn Profession of Sr Mary Reidy ocso
Today, the Feast of the Annunciation was a day of added rejoicing for the community at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn as we celebrated the Solemn Monastic Profession of Sister Mary...
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80th anniversary of St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn
Saturday, 10 March, 2012 marked the 80th anniversary of St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn; the first Cistercian monastery to be founded in Ireland since before the reformation. Following our celebratory mass...
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Sister Francis celebrates her 90th birthday
On Shrove Tuesday just before Lent this year, the community gathered to celebrate Sister Francis Fitzgerald’s very special ninetieth birthday. Sister Francis, still regularly attending the Divine Office and still...
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Glencairn Monastic Experience Weekend, 20-22 April, 2012
For those wishing to attend our next Monastic Experience Weekend here at Glencairn in the coming months, the next weekend will be taking place from 20-22 April, 2012 at St...
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Two more Glencairn Associates members make promises
At their annual retreat this year, 2012, Associates Breda Kertin and Elaine Burke joined the six vowed members of The Glencairn Associates in making promises to follow the Rule of...
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RTE radio’s Countrywide at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn
Countrywide presenter Damien O’Reilly made a visit to Glencairn in November, 2011 to meet the community and find out from some of the sisters how they came to chose the...
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A first profession of vows
Sister Robert joyfully made her first vows at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn on December 8th, 2011 in the presence of Mother Abbess, Marie and the whole community at Glencairn. A...
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Bachelor of Theology award for Sr Nuala O’Reilly ocso
Congratulations to Sister Nuala of Glencairn who was awarded with a Bachelor of Theology degree from the University of Lampeter, Wales in November of this year. Sister Nuala’s graduation ceremony...
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