NEWS & REFLECTIONS

August 23, 2019

900th Anniversary of the Charter of Charity

Brothers and sisters from all the Irish Cistercian monasteries, and some from England and Scotland, met at Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth, last Monday, August 19th, for a one-day conference marking...

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July 18, 2019

Emma Brady Receives the Novice's Habit

On the feast of St Benedict, 11th July, 2019, Emma Brady, from Cavan, Ireland received the Cistercian Novice’s habit from Mother Marie Fahy, Abbess of St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn. The...

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June 21, 2019

Author Kate Hennessy, Granddaughter of Dorothy Day, Visits Glencairn

We had a lovely evening of sharing and song recently with author, Kate Hennessy and her musician/composer husband Garry Jones in Glencairn. Kate, hailing from Vermont, USA, is the award-winning...

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March 23, 2019

Next Monastic Vocations Weekend 3 - 5 May 2019

As we were all booked up for our last monastic vocations weekend in March for women finding out more about Cistercian life, we would like to offer women who are...

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February 5, 2019

Vocations Weekend 15-17 March 2019

Our next Monastic Experience Weekend for women who are discerning their vocation takes place 15-17 March 2019. We are delighted to be able to hold these weekends twice yearly for...

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February 5, 2019

Death of Sr Kate Cleary ocso

Sr. Kate was born in Butlerstown, Co. Waterford, on 29th May, 1926, the second eldest of four sisters. She won a scholarship to Falcarragh in Donegal and from there went...

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January 27, 2019

Homily for the feast of the Cistercian Founders 2019

We thought it would be good to share with you Dom Augustine’s homily at yesterday’s mass for the feast of the Holy Founders of the Cistercian Order, Saints Robert, Alberic...

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January 27, 2019

Sr Stephen's Silver Jubilee of Monastic Profession

This year’s feast of our Cistercian Founders, Saints Robert, Alberic and Stephen was particularly special as we celebrated the 25 year ‘Silver Jubilee’ of Sr Stephen’s monastic journey here at...

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December 1, 2018

Recycling Workshop at the Abbey

Following a raised awareness of the ongoing and detrimental effects of plastic pollution in our environment and in a response to the Pope’s encyclical, Laudato Si, on care for our...

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November 27, 2018

Order Glencairn Christmas Cards

It’s time to buy Christmas cards! This year the Glencairn Abbey Christmas card catalogue includes ten English language and eight Irish language designs. As well as sisters from the community,...

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