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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

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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

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 2025

This Feast-day is all about Nazareth!

An integral part of any family is its home. Nazareth was the Home of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

It was at Nazareth that Mary received the message from Gabriel that she was to be the mother of Jesus. It was at Nazareth that it was revealed to Joseph in a dream that he was to be the father of Jesus. It was in another dream that Joseph was guided by an angel to flee from the cruel Herod and then in turn through the revelation in another dream that he was told to return to Nazareth.

Mary was the mother of the home, the Mother of Nazareth. At Nazareth she grew up, learned of her call to be Mother of God. From Nazareth she would journey into the hill country to minister to those in need. To Nazareth she would return after the trauma of losing her son in Jerusalem.

Pope Paul Vl described the home of Nazareth as the school where we begin to understand the life of Jesus, the school of the Gospel. “The first lesson we learn here is to look, to listen, to meditate and penetrate the meaning – at once so deep and so mysterious – of this very simple, very beautiful manifestation of the Son of God”.

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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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