Poor Clare’s Carlow invite ladies discerning a religious vocation to a Cloister Experience at our Monastery in Graiguecullen, Co Carlow on Saturday  April 6th   2-5 pm. 

Congratulations Sr. Jemma

Are you up to the challenge because our world needs prayer? Poor Clare’s Carlow invite ladies discerning a religious vocation to a Cloister Experience at our Monastery in Graiguecullen, Co Carlow on Saturday 17th of  November 2018 from 11-00 am to 5-00 pm.

The story of a Century of Prayer in Carlow begins with Saint Francis and Clare. It is impossible to tell the story of one without the other, for in the Providence of God these two are inseparably intertwined. The tiny seed sown in thirteenth century Assisi rooted itself firmly in the Church and thrust out […]

Our CD titled ” A Time to Pray ” is now available. We hope you will take the time to join us in prayer and that this CD will help you in the joys and sorrows of daily living. We have chosen the themes of Praise and Thanksgiving, Trust, Eucharist, Our Lady and Angels. You […]

Young ladies discerning a religious vocation are welcome to “Come and See” on Saturday 27 May 2017 from 11am to 5 pm. If interested please CONTACT US “When He calls, God says: You are important to me, I love you!  I count on you! Jesus tells this to each of us, and from this comes […]

We provide below the full text of the Apostolic Constitution Vultum Dei quaerere, “Seeking the face of God”, on women’s contemplative life, signed by Pope Francis on 29 June 2016, solemnity of the Apostles Sts Peter and Paul. The document consists of a prologue and five chapters: “Esteem, praise and thanksgiving for consecrated life and […]

Pope Francis has approved the beatification of Venerable John Sullivan (1861-1933). The Holy Father approved the decree that authenticated a miracle attributed to Father Sullivan at an audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Many miracles have been attributed to the Jesuit priest who was baptised into […]

After the execution of Joseph Mary Plunkett on May 4th 1916 his family presented a ciborium to our community in his memory which is still in use today. Below is a painting of his poem “I See His Blood Upon The Rose” which was painted by our Sister John Francis R.I.P

Pope Francis has composed a special prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy which will run from 8th December 2015 to 20th November 2016. In the prayer, the Holy Father entreats the Lord to make the Jubilee of Mercy a year of grace so that the church, “with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to […]