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Inaugural Memorial Lecture An annual memorial lecture with the theme of Living History will be held to remember Father Peter and the first lecture will take place in the College on the 27th of April 2018 and will be presented by former past pupil and Taoiseach Brian Cowen on the topic of the 20th Anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement. More >

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“Trappist Throwback Tuesday” A image from 1925. Here we see Fr Anselm Fitzgerald, a native of Moate Co. More >

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“Merton Monday” “We are what we love.  If we love God, in whose image we were created, we discover ourselves… and we cannot help being happy: we have already achieved something of the fullness of which we were destined in our creation.  More >

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Bishop Fintan’s homily served as a great inspiration to those present at Br Malachy’s ordination last Saturday. More >

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The Community of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey are delighted to announce that, on 7th April 2018, Dom Malachy Thompson was ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Fintan Monahan, Bishop of Killaloe. More >

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Please see attached Issue # 11 of the newsletter Choose Life 2018. More >

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Merton Monday “Just as Jesus patiently suffered injustice, calumny, abuse and physical torture, so too we must make an effort to accept the hardships and pains and trials and misfortunes of life, and even to embrace voluntary privations and sacrifices, with something of His gentleness, humility and love…” Thomas Merton – Bread in the Wilderness More >

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Choose Life Issue # 10 Please see attached Issue Nine of our double-sided newsletter Choose Life 2018 for use by your parishes. More >

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First Friday Adoration The monks of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey invite you to join us in praying silently for vocations to the priesthood and religious life before the Blessed Sacrament on the First Friday of every month. More >

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Bells play an important role in the monastic life. It is the Church Bells that call the monks to prayer seven times a day. More >

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