Fr. Jarek Kurek: Good Samaritans. At the end of February this year, we had the joy of welcoming to Glenstal the chief chaplain of the

Please note changes to the liturgical timetable and opening hours during the monastic community’s annual retreat which takes place from Monday 4th to Saturday 9th

The concept of a summer spirituality may seem unusual, but the rhythm of the Christian liturgical year can be seen to invite some such phenomenon

Abbot Columba McCann: Ask and it will be given to you.  I asked God for a winning lottery ticket, but I didn’t win.  What went

Fr.Mark Patrick Hederman:The first reading we heard this morning is one of the great stories of the Bible. It recounts the first time in our

Fr. Henry O’Shea: In 1952, the poet Patrick Kavanagh ruffled many of our feathers by saying, referring to Irish society:  Parochialism and provincialism are [direct]

Abbot Columba McCann: I like the honest, self-interested question of Peter in our gospel story:  what about us?  We have left everything and followed you. 

Fr. Fintan Lyons: The gospel passage today is about Jesus sending out 70 others (or 72 in some manuscripts) ahead of him to preach the

Luke Macnamara: Today we interrupt the rhythm of Ordinary Time to celebrate a great feast—the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. Though every Sunday is

Visitors to the Abbey cannot but notice the word ‘PAX’ over the castle archway, an invitation and hope that all may find, experience and dwell

There was nobody more surprised than I was by the success of the Glenstal Book of Prayer nearly a quarter of a century ago. I was flicking through

Abbot Christopher Dillon: We have received three very different scenes from Holy Scripture to celebrate this extraordinary feast of the Body and Blood of the

Fr. Jarek Kurek OSB: This year feels so much under the shadow of the 2025 Jubilee Year, with all our travelling to Rome, going through

Fr. Mark Patrick Hederman: Today is red letter day. The Holy Spirit is moving through the airwaves. You could be the person needed for a