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A Celtic Journey with St. John of the Cross

We would like to share with you two beautiful musical reflections in honour of Our Lady and St John of the Cross recorded by Kerrie O’Connor and friends in our Chapel. We vacated the Chapel one afternoon while they did all the hard work!! The first one is available on youtube and the second will be available for the feast of St John of the Cross on 14^thDecember. We hope you will enjoy. https://youtu.be/R2YGDeZ0haE

A Celtic journey

Prayer & Reflection
for Women

From time to time we host days of prayer and reflection for women interested in exploring a vocation to Religious life. For further information please contact us at: carmel@roebuckcarmel.com

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Sunday Reflection

Ascension Day 2026

Ascension of the Lord

Acts 1:1-11

Ephesians 1:17-23

Matthew 28:16-20

Forty days in the Bible is seen as a period of fullness. This perfect period of time has elapsed since we celebrated the Resurrection. We need space and time to absorb the meaning of these great mysteries of our Faith and allow them to germinate like seeds in the fertile ground of liturgy. But chronologically, the event of the Ascension presents us with a bit of a puzzle. The three synoptic Gospels emphasise different aspects of the story of the Ascension: Matthew emphasises the promise of Jesus to be with the disciples till the end of time; Mark highlights the Messianic triumph of Jesus returning to the Father while the disciples go about preaching the Good News; Luke describes Jesus being carried up to Heaven, the disciples worshipping Him and the sending down of the Holy Spirit. But Luke gives a different account of the Ascension in his Gospel from that which he gives in the Acts.

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Sr. Breda McInerney (1935-2024)

Sr Brida

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sr Breda McInerney.

Born on 1st February 1935 at Cooraclare, Co Clare. Breda joined the Nazareth Sisters after her secondary school years and taught in their schools in Australia until she decided to be a Carmelite. In 1985 Sr. Breda came to Ireland and joined Firhouse Carmel. In 2017 she transferred to Roebuck after the sad closure of Firhouse.

Sr Breda was always interested in people and their concerns and was very zealous in her prayer for all. We are confident that she will continue to bring our concerns to the Lord on our behalf and that she will intercede for us all.

Always interested in sport she was an avid follower of the GAA and was keenly interested in rugby.

After suffering for years with heart problems it finally gave up on her and she died peacefully and serenely in the Monastery aided by the wonderful care of our doctors and the hospice nurses.

May she rest in eternal peace.

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