Fr. William Fennelly: On Christmas Day we asked the shepherds‘Whom have you seen? Who has appeared on earth?’ Then came their answer: ‘We have seen

Fr. Fintan Lyons. Among other gifts, some people receive books at Christmas, and if one is fortunate enough, the book will appear interesting, and not

Fr. Senan Furlong: When the scientist Benoit Mandelbrot began studying patterns in nature, he noticed something strange and beautiful. The closer he looked, the more

Abbot Christopher Dillon: Mary, Mother of God. What an extraordinary concept, that God should have a mother! And that that mother should be a human

As we enter the New Year, my social media feed is full of advice on how to set and achieve goals for 2026, while my

This week the monastic community remembers Father Gerard McGinty OSB whose anniversary occurs at this time. Born Francis Patrick Joseph McGinty in Dublin on 12th

Fr. Jarek Kurek: There you go — we’ve been celebrating another Christmas, a truly beautiful time for any family. And yet today, the loveliness of

Fr. Henry O’Shea: ‘Paris is well worth a Mass.’ In 1592, after three years on the throne, King Henry IV of France, a vociferously avowed

Fr. Denis Hooper:  THE GLASS IS HALF FULL THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY SOME OF US ARE SAID TO BE BORN OPTIMISTS SOME OF US

Fr. Christopher Dillon: This season of Advent in which we find ourselves has a prophetic character; and prophets are regularly anti-Establishment, insofar as they call

Fr. Luke Macnamara: The vision of the end of time is compared to the flood in the days of Noah. Strikingly, the people swept away

Advent (from the Latin adventus, meaning “coming” or “arrival”) is a period of preparation for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, who, as the incarnate

In 1969 Pope Paul VI visited Uganda and made a plea in Kampala for Africans to become Missionaries in and for the Church themselves. The

Among the students of Glenstal Abbey School going home for the Christmas holidays in 1990 was sixteen-years old Peter, who carried with him in a

The monastic community is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of a book by Br Emmaus O’Herlihy OSB. Paintings will be published on 15th December