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The Irishman was so impressed by the life of the Cistercian monks that when he reached Rome he asked the Pope to allow him to become a monk at Clairvaux. Most of the other abbeys that post-dated the Norman landing were founded from these pre-Norman houses. Mount St. Joseph Abbey is an abbey of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians located in County Offaly, near Roscrea, County Tipperary in Ireland. The number of Cistercian houses in Ireland grew rapidly after the foundation of Mellifont in 1142, and by the opening years of the following century there was hardly a corner of Ireland into which the Cistercian Order had not penetrated. The abbey was founded in 1878 by a group of 32 Monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford. Founded in the 12 th century, Jerpoint Abbey is one of the best examples of a medieval Cistercian Abbey in Ireland. At the heart of the monastic life is the search for God. ‘Philippa had discovered the tower in her second week at Brede… the high platform, where I can get away, she would have said. On his way to Rome in 1139 to discuss with Pope Innocent II important matters appertaining to the ongoing reform of the Irish Church, Malachy visited Saint Bernard at Clairvaux. Gillacríst presided over this pioneer community during the early stages of the construction and religious development of Mellifont Abbey, built on a carefully chosen site near Drogheda. In response to the Covid-19 crisis and this strict period of quarantine at home, our Abbess Mother Marie... During these weeks of Lent the liturgy nourishes us on Gospel themes which help us focus on the great gift of faith in Jesus Christ, on the development of this... https://www.glencairnabbey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_7794.jpg, http://www.glencairnabbey.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/logo.png, A Novice's Diary: Doing Isolation with God, https://www.glencairnabbey.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Springtime-Glencairn-Abbey5-1.jpg, Some Useful Tips from our Abbess to Cope during the Covid-19 Quarantine, https://www.glencairnabbey.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Glencairn-Abbey77.jpg, The Light of Belief in Christ: Reflection on the Gospel of the 4th Sunday of Lent, St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford |, © Copyright St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn | Site design by, Monastic Experience Weekend 9 – 11 October, 2020.
The architectural styles within the church, constructed in the late twelfth century, reflect the transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture. On his way home from Rome in 1140 Malachy again visited Clairvaux and left behind him there some of his Irish companions to be trained as Cistercian monks, and he sent more Irish postulants to France for the same purpose when he arrived back in Ireland. Their orientation towards agriculture and pastoral activities pleased the people very much.