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882-Year-Old Abbey in Ireland Closes - Immigrants Take Over

The three male Cistercian monasteries in Ireland - Mount Melleray Abbey (diocese of Waterford and Lismore), Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea (diocese of Killaloe), and Mellifont Abbey (diocese of Armagh) - will close in January.

They will be merged into one community, initially based at Mount Saint Joseph Abbey in Roscrea. The future monastery will seek another location and will be called Our Lady of Silence. It begins with twenty-six members, three of whom are novices.

The decision to close the monasteries was made because of the decline in vocations and the aging of the communities. It was approved by the Cistercian Order on November 22.

The Cistercians were first established in Ireland in 1142 on the initiative of St Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh. He became friends with St Bernard of Clairveuax. The first monastery in Ireland was Mellifont Abbey.

At the time of the Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries, there were 43 houses of Cistercian monks and three of nuns.

At present the Cistercians still have six monasteries in Ireland, including one of nuns. Three male communities will merge into the one "Our Lady of Silence" and the remaining two, the Abbeys of Moone and at Portglenone, will continue as autonomous communities.

Irish media report that Mellifont Abbey will be used for 300 illegal immigrants after it closes in January. The Abbey is located in the tiny village of Collon, with a population of just 864.

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Father Karl A Claver

Satan said he would destroy the Church in 100 years. She will not go away, but the Church indeed is shrinking.

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Dr Bobus

Why would Satan need to try to destroy the Church? Human stupidity is more than capable of doing it without any outside interference.

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Marysrose

There is a difference between the church and the Mystical Body of Christ. The church will be preserved and re-emerge, if stay true to the centuries of dogma and ritual.

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Dr Bobus

What is the difference between the church and the Mystical Body?

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Marysrose

The Mystical Body is the bride of Christ. The church is the pope and bishops and priests and the facilitator of the deposit of faith which leads the Mystical Body. If we cling to the Traditional dogmas and teaching and rites and rituals and sacraments, we are preserving the church. If we follow the Novus Ordo (New World Order, the Masonic One World Religion) we leave the Traditional Church.

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Marysrose

The Novus Ordo (literally New Order) church is shrinking. The Traditional Catholic church is growing, even underground.

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Dr Bobus

The Mystical Body is the Church. whose head is Christ (cf. Letter to the Colissians).
Christ is also considered the Bridegroom to the Mysticdl Body, who produces offspring.

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Marysrose

Christ also founded the hierarchy of the church. The pope is meant to be the Vicar of Christ (i.e., acting king), the bishops were in the place of the Apostles, the priests were local to give the sacraments to the people, the deacons assisted the priests, etc. The structure of the kingdom. That is how the kingdom functions on earth. But, the Mystical Body is more than the hierarchy.

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Dr Bobus

Who said the Mystical Body is only the hierarchy?
I tend to adhere to the Medieval opinion that the first presbyters were not just for local work but were those sent out in twos as described In Luke 10:1

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Marysrose

Meanwhile, Traditional Catholic seminaries are booming.

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