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Benedictine monastery in Murroe, County Limerick, Ireland

Glenstal Abbey is a CatholicBenedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Annunciation located in Murroe, County Limerick, Ireland. It is dedicated to Saint Joseph and Saint Columba. In July , Columba McCann was elected to serve as the seventh abbot of the community.

History

The abbey is located in and beside Glenstal Castle, a Normanesque castle. The house was built for Sir Matthew Barrington, who, in , purchased part of Lord Carbery's Limerick estate. Designed as a castle in 12th century style, it was built in the s. The village of Glenstal grew from the construction of the abbey. Many of the builders and craftsmen who came to construct the Abbey ended up settling in the area.&#;

Sir Charles Burton Barrington, 5th Baronet inherited the estate from his father in In , his daughter, Winifred, was killed in an IRA ambush of a Royal Irish Constabulary inspector with whom she was traveling. The family then decided to relocate to Fairthorne Manor in Hampshire, England.

Barrington first offered the property to the Irish Free State for a presidential residence, but in light of the anticipated cost of maintenance, the government declined. In , at the suggestion of Fr Richard Devane, professor at St Patrick’s College, Thurles and John Harty, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Monsignor James J. Ryan, retired president of St. Patrick's College, purchased the estate from the family with the intent to establish a Benedictine school there.

The abbey came into being in when the chapter of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium accepted the Ryan's offer to donate the estate for a monastery there. Later that year a superior, Fr. Bernard O’Dea, was appointed and the founding monks were chosen. They arrived in Glenstal in May The abbey was canonically erected on 18 December The monks became legal owners of the estate in January after receiving the deeds.^&#

In a thought-provoking article on the Liturgy in the Irish Catholic, Fr. Eamon Conway posed a very important question: &#;Is there any excuse for not inviting everyone at Mass to receive Communion under both species?&#; Like him, I too am not convinced by all the excuses. More importantly, I believe the question itself raises some profound issues regarding our understanding of the Eucharist and it cries out for some in-depth catechesis in our churches on this central mystery of our faith.
In order to see what the bishops themselves have to say about this, check out the document written by the Catholic Bishops&#; Conference of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland in titled One Bread One Body&#;a teaching document on the Eucharist in the life of the Church. Paragraphes are especially enlightening. (Available on the internet) In par. 52 we read&#;&#;Catholics are encouraged to desire Communion under both kinds in which the meaning of the Eucharistic banquet is more fully signified.&#; This raises the troubling question: why have the bishops themselves not followed through on their own teaching for the past fourteen years? And how can Catholics be expected to desire something whose significance they do not appreciate or understand? How can priests and bishops pronounce the solemn words of the Consecration, &#;Take this all of you and drink from it&#; and then deny the Chalice to the laity? In par. 52, the bishops quote from St. Cyril of Jerusalem in the fourth century&#;.&#;After partaking of Christ&#;s body, go to receive the chalice of his blood&#;&#;&#; The document continues, &#;Receiving from the chalice expresses powerfully the sacrificial nature of the Mass. By taking part in the Eucharist we are drawn deeper into the new and everlasting covenant which was sealed with the blood of the Lamb. Our communion together in the blood of Christ is our communion with the sacrificial self-giving of Our Lord As we take the cup of salvation we say that we are ready to dri