Glencairn Abbey

22/12/2023

Amendment to our Christmas Schedule:
Vigils liturgy will be at 7:00 pm on 24th December.
Midnight Mass remains on schedule!

The Abbess and community of Glencairn Abbey would like to wish all our neighbours and friends a very joyful, peaceful celebration of Christmas. We look

21/12/2023

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The Abbess and community of Glencairn Abbey would like to wish all our neighbours and friends a very joyful, peaceful celebration of Christmas. We look

18/06/2023

Do you feel called to dedicate your whole life to God? Cistercian monks and nuns have been committing their lives to God along the way marked out by St Benedict for centuries. Meet the Sisters at Glencairn Abbey who continue to follow this way of life today at our next Monastic Experience Weekend on 25TH - 27TH AUGUST 2023. To apply for a place, please contact Sr Sarah at: [email protected]

Are you currently discerning if Monastic life could be for you? We invite women aged 20 - 40 to our next Monastic Experience Weekend from 25th to 27th

06/04/2023

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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 -

01/04/2023

We look back in this video at the highlights of Sister Laura's clothing last Saturday as a Cistercian novice at Glencairn Abbey. Also included are excerpts from Mother Marie's chapter talk addressed to Sister Laura as she received the habit, on what it means to be Christian and a monastic nun. We hope this will give you a little taste of the ritual of Clothing that takes place exclusively in the presence of the Cistercian community only in the monastic enclosure and that through this you can share something of our joy in the event.

25/03/2023

Today at Glencairn Abbey, on the feast of the Annunication of the Lord, and following her year of Postulancy, we had the joy of welcoming Laura Cullen as a novice into our monastic community. We wish Sr. Laura every blessing on her monastic journey of discernment and formation!

17/03/2023

Happy Feast of St Patrick from Glencairn Abbey, Ireland! Celebrating at Lauds this morning with our shamrock and the Canticle of Daniel...
Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord!

09/03/2023

Cistercian formators gathered at Mellifont Abbey last week for sharing and a workshop on formation of novices and junior professed members of our communities. Mellifont Abbey guesthouse was busy and the community of monks unstinting in their generosity and support, helping us to engage in our programme. We are very grateful to the Mellifont monks and staff and to Gerard Perry and Rosario Power for their rich input and facilitation. Our brothers and sisters pray for and work to be ready to receive and nurture new members in our Cistercian and Bernardine monastic communities in the U.K. Ireland and Norway.

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

25/02/2023

“During the time of Lent, each one is to receive a book from the library…” Today at Glencairn we distributed a spiritual book to each member of the community.

01/01/2023

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Every blessing and good wish for this new year from the abbess and community of St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Ireland.

01/12/2022

Advent is a season that teaches us to wait for the Lord with simplicity, stillness and longing.

'Like the watchman waits for daybreak, so my soul waits for the Lord'. (Psalm 130)

Photo: view from the monastery of the Blackwater valley at dawn.

22/10/2022

Dear friends, we are glad to announce that we are re-opening our liturgy to the general public from Sunday 23rd October after restricting attendance during the Covid pandemic in order to protect the vulnerable members in attendance at our liturgy. We are grateful for the understanding, cooperation and support of those who have missed the opportunity for worship with us throughout this period and we look forward to seeing you again at St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn. We ask that visitors continue to wear masks in our Abbey church at this time. Weekday and Sunday Eucharist will take place at 8:15am.

The Abbey church is open for the full Divine Office and Eucharist as follows:

Vigils - 4:10am
Lauds - 7:45am
Mass - 8:15am
Terce - 9:45am (occasionally 9:30am)
Sext - 12:40am
None - 2:45pm (replaced by Midday prayer on Saturdays; 3:00pm on Sundays)
Vespers - 6:00pm
Compline - 7:45pm

'A thanksgiving sacrifice I make:
I will call on the Lord's name.'

Ps 115 (116)

Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan