News & Events – Page 53 – Mount St Joseph Abbey

First Friday Adoration. Praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life before the Blessed Sacrament

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 >

The Bells are Silent: The monastic wooden clapper the “Crotalus” is calling the Monks to Prayer

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 >

Mount Saint Joseph Abbey – Holy Week Timetable

Mount Saint Joseph Abbey – Holy week Timetable More >

Confession Times – Holy Week – Abbey Church

Confessions are heard in Mount Saint Joseph Abbey Church everyday of Holy Week. More >

“Trappist Throwback Tuesday”

“Trappist Throwback Tuesday” A really interesting photograph this week. We could give it the title of “The Rosrcea Priests. More >

“Merton Monday”

“Merton Monday” “Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. More >

Choose Life Issue # 9

Choose Life Issue # 9 Please see attached Issue Nine of our double-sided newsletter Choose Life 2018 for use by your parishes. More >

Dr Berry Kiely of the Pro-Life Campaign visits Mount Saint Joseph Abbey

It was wonderful to have Dr Berry Kiely of the Pro Life Campaign Ireland visit Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea this evening to give a presentation to the monastic community on the work that are carrying out and the challenges they are facing in the lead up to the referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Constitution. More >

Choose Life Issue # 8

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“Merton Monday”

“Merton Monday” “Grace is not a strange, magic substance which is subtly filtered in our souls to act as a kind of spiritual penicillin. More >