Brian Cowen past pupil and former Taoiseach delivered the inaugural Fr Peter Garvey ocso Memorial Lecture last Friday evening on the topic of the 20th Anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement in Cistercian College. More >

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St Rafael Arnaiz Baron is a Cistercian Saint whose feast we celebrate tomorrow Friday 27th April. More >

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“Killaloe Diocese World Meeting of Families – Family Picnic Day” “The World Meeting of Families takes place in Ireland this year, the highlight being the visit of Pope Francis in August. More >

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“Merton Monday” “But when we have to renounce our plans and aspirations for the highest and most spiritual goods and devote ourselves, under obedience or out of charity, to some trivial and distracting series of far less perfect tasks, then the sacrifice can be supremely difficult.  More >

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“Come and See” John 1:39 Seeking God in Prayer and Community Mount Saint Joseph Abbey are hosting a Monastic Experience Weekend from Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd June 2018. More >

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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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