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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

6th Sunday of Easter 2026

Holy Spirit

Acts 8:5-8, 14-17

1 Peter 3:15-18

John 14:15-21

The disciples of Jesus must have been in a state of constant confusion! Many of these disciples had left everything to follow the preacher, miracle-worker and had been beginning to feel secure in their trust in Him. As Jesus tried to identify Himself to them they had to adjust the way they perceived him. When He called himself a shepherd, they followed him, when He described himself as the Vine, they felt his life-blood in themselves, when he described himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life their security was assured.

And then, He told them that he would leave them and send them a new ‘presence’. These apostles had to change from the way they had seen Jesus, that is the way the world sees Jesus, (outward seeing of the physical reality) to a new way of seeing him (inner seeing – believing, Faith). Now they would look on him, not with the eyes of the body but with the eyes of the heart.

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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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