Monasteries have long been concerned with care for the natural environment, so we were delighted to host this conference on meeting the challenges of the climate crisis: bit.ly/3wVLG53 💚🌍

'We must know that God regards our purity of heart and tears of compunction, not our many words. Prayer should therefore be short and pure, unless perhaps it is prolonged under the inspiration of divine grace.' - RB 20

We congratulate the three students of our Abbey School who received the Sacrament of Confirmation yesterday, and we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on them and on each of you. Come, Holy Spirit! 🕊️🔥

Kick-start your #LaudatoSiWeek2024 with our 'Resetting the Clock on Climate Change' conference this Sat 18th May. Come along: bit.ly/3ULOnzD 💚🌍

We're looking forward to hearing from Tobias Winright, Professor of Moral Theology at Saint Patrick's College Maynooth, at our climate change conference on 18th May. Come along: bit.ly/3ULOnzD 💚🌍

Glenstal's Fr Martin welcomes Primates of the Anglican Communion to Rome last week. Watch a video about his monastic life and work at the Vatican here: bit.ly/4bb77hE

Edward Burke is an Old Boy of Glenstal Abbey School and a UCD Lecturer in the History of War, and we're delighted he's speaking at our climate change conference on 18th May. Join us: bit.ly/3ULOnzD 💚🌍

We're pleased to share with you the latest edition of the Glenstal Abbey Chronicle. Read it here: bit.ly/49Ywf9J

'Flowers appear on the earth, the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land' - Song of Songs 2:12 🌷🎶🕊️ (📸 Denis Hooper OSB)

We're delighted to welcome Mark Mellett, former Chief of the Defence Forces, to speak at our climate change conference on 18th May. Come along: bit.ly/3ULOnzD 💚🌍

Abbot Brendan was delighted to preach the sermon at Trinity College Dublin's Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Trinity Monday 2024. Read it here: shorturl.at/gjouw

Nous sommes très heureux de partager avec nos amis francophones un article sur l'abbaye et l'école de Glenstal tiré du Figaro Magazine du week-end dernier : shorturl.at/gnxJL 🇮🇪🇫🇷

Join us and a distinguished panel of speakers as we seek practical, just and life enhancing responses to climate change on Sat 18th May: bit.ly/3ULOnzD 💚🌍

Fr Jarek Kurek OSB and the Polish community invite you to a special celebration in Thurles this Sunday 21st April: shorturl.at/fjCF9 🇮🇪🇵🇱

The last place you might think helps during a tough time (Glenstal Abbey).

But in late 2021, after burning out with work, study and COVID charts (remember those), I spent 4 nights there myself.

I bounced right back, and glad Veena McCoole did too.

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Fr Christopher Dillon OSB will deliver the 2024 Presidential Address to the Classical Association of Ireland on Friday 19th April, 7pm at the UCD Village Auditorium in Dublin. Come along! ➡️

We joined the entire Benedictine family in mourning this past week the death of Notker Wolf OSB, our Abbot Primate between 2000-2016. May he rest in peace.

Wishing you a happy Easter! He is Risen, alleluia! ✝️
(Artwork by Emmaus O’Herlihy OSB, 'Mors et Resurrectio' (2011/2023). Oil on canvas, 96' x 144')

We look forward to Easter with spiritual longing, and wish you all a blessed Triduum! ✝️🙏🏻

Check out the Easter Triduum timetable at the link. We look forward to seeing you! 👉🏼 shorturl.at/yEO89