Congratulations Father Chris!

On Tuesday, August 13th, the Sisters of Glencairn Abbey had the great joy of welcoming newly ordained Dominican priest, Fr Chris Gault, OP, to celebrate Mass for them. As a...
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French Catholic Scouts Volunteer at Glencairn

The Sisters of Glencairn were delighted to welcome a troop of French Catholic Boy Scouts to St Mary’s Abbey again, following a first group’s visit in the summer of 2022....
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Annual Community Retreat

The Community of Glencairn would be most grateful if you would remember them in prayer while they make their annual retreat from 6pm on Wednesday April 17th to 9 am...
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Abbess's Chapter Talk for St Patrick's Day 2024

Today we celebrate the feast of St Patrick.  We rejoice in his response to God’s call, in his conversion and his success in being an instrument of God’s love and...
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Cistercian Junior Seminar 2024

This year’s formation seminar for monks and nuns in initial formation will take place in Our Lady of Hyning Monastery, Lancashire, U.K. from 4th to 11th July, 2024. This year’s...
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Benedictine Chant Forum 2023

  As part of her training in the liturgy as a junior professed sister with responsibility for leading our choir at Glencairn, Sr Beatrice attended this year’s Chant Forum on...
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Easter Ceremonies at Glencairn 2023

Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 6:00 p.m.   Good Friday: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion – 3:15 p.m.   Easter Sunday: Vigil Mass – 3:30 a.m.  ...
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Video of Highlights of Sister Laura's Clothing Day 25th March, 2023

We look back in this video at some of the special moments from Sister Laura’s clothing last Saturday as a Cistercian novice at Glencairn Abbey. Also included are excerpts from...
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Laura Cullen Receives the Habit

On 25th March 2023, on the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the community rejoiced as Laura Cullen received the white habit of the Cistercian novice at Glencairn Abbey....
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OCSO Region of the Isles Formators Meeting

Monks and nuns responsible for guiding new members through the initial formation process in the monastic communities of the Region of the Isles of the Cistercian family gathered at Mellifont...
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1st January: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

On this first day of the year the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. In this extract from the writings of Hans Urs Von Balthasar we...
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Region of the Isles Junior Seminar 2022

This year’s in-person gathering of juniors in the Region of the Isles had originally been scheduled to take place at Mellifont Abbey in 2020 only to be postponed due to...
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