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Poor Clare's monastery

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  • 25-06-2017 12:16pm
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    molly09
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    I am just wondering is it open to the public on Sundays?


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    GalwayGrrrrrl
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    http://www.poorclares.ie/qa.html
    I'm not sure if it's open to the public like a tourist attraction would be. It's a convent where a closed order of nuns live and work. See their website and Facebook for more information.


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    molly09
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    xfactorfan23 wrote: »
    http://www.poorclares.ie/qa.html
    I'm not sure if it's open to the public like a tourist attraction would be. It's a convent where a closed order of nuns live and work. See their website and Facebook for more information.

    Thanks for the reply, the opening hours are not on their Facebook or website, they meet members of the public from 9.30 to 5.30 mon to sat, I am just not sure about Sunday's.


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    _Whimsical_
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    You can probably go and knock on the door if you feel you really need prayer or some sort of help. I think that's generally the only thing they meet people for or interact with the public about. I don't think they'd turn you away if you had some need that couldn't wait. Someone mentioned them recently in conversation and I was surprised to hear that they're often quite busy for those purposes still.
    Hope all is ok x


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    Mrs OBumble
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    There is mass in their chapel every day at 8am it's built so the public can attend in a separate part.


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    nuac
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    Amazed to hear they are still going after so many orders are closing down


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    Mrs OBumble
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    nuac wrote: »
    Amazed to hear they are still going after so many orders are closing down

    What orders have closed down?


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    _Whimsical_
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    Funnily I was asking someone about them today after seeing this thread. Apparently not only are they very busy with the public but they have young nuns joining too more frequently than other orders. I imagine it's one or two a year now, not hordes knocking their doors down but it seems they have a few nuns in their 30s/40s. Also they're so busy with people coming to ask for prayers that they have volunteers there during the day to open the door to callers and speak with them until a nun can talk to them.
    Whodda thunk it?


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    bobbyss
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    Their chapel is small and intimate. You can get a mass said for those who have passed away.


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    biko
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    What orders have closed down?
    For instance the Blackrock Carmelites but let's stay on topic of opening hours.

    There is a Christianity forum if someone wants to discuss the orders specifically.


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