January is often a quieter month for monastic guest masters and guest mistresses, and so every two years we take the opportunity to gather together

This weekend the monastic community remembers Jean Dupiéreux OSB on the 70th anniversary of his death. Maurice François Joseph Ghislain Dupiéreux was born in Florennes,

We are asking for your support. On Sunday December 19th 2027, Glenstal Abbey marks 100 years since the official beginning of monastic life in this

Saint Benedict took Lent seriously. He dedicates Chapter 49 of his Rule for monks to the ‘Observance of Lent.’  He doesn’t mince his words – ‘the

Fr. Lino Moreira: When Jesus was baptised in the River Jordan, the Spirit of God descended upon him (cf. Mt 3:16), and a voice from

Fr. John O’Callaghan: ‘If you choose you will keep the commandments and so be faithful to his will’. This statement, which we heard from the

Fr. Mark Patrick Hederman. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. Salt and Light are two images suggesting

The times in which we live are among the most challenging, both for the world and for the Church. As Christians, we experience time as

Fr. William Fennelly: Contemporary spirituality tends to identify holiness with wholeness. Given that theology has always affirmed that grace builds on nature, that equation is,

Fr. Luke Macnamara: “Ground zero” once referred simply to the centre point of a nuclear explosion. Since 9/11, it evokes the World Trade Centre and

Fr. Simon Sleeman: ‘Look’, here is the lamb of God, John the Baptist calls out. At communion, I will say, ‘Behold’ ‘Look’, the lamb of

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