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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

4th Sunday of Easter 2025

Good Shepperd

Acts 2:14, 36-4

1 Peter 2:20-25

John 10:27-30

For visitors to the Holy Land, one of the most memorable sights is that of the Shepherds leading their flocks of sheep – so different to what we do in our own country! Shepherds in Israel have a unique relationship with their sheep and lambs. It is also intriguing to note that shepherds there have individual calls or whistles to communicate with their own flocks.

Several different flocks may shelter overnight at the same place. In the morning the shepherd makes his particular call and immediately his flock will follow him out –‘The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me’.

On this Day of Prayer for Vocations, we might ask ourselves what call do I hear and how do I respond? In order to take our part in the Kingdom of God we must listen for the call, the call of the Lord who claims us as His own flock. Very often our understanding of ‘vocation’ is calling to the Religious Life or to the Priesthood. It is not so limited!

Could God call me to some role in His Kingdom from my busy, humble or worldly way of life

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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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