Mount Saint Joseph Abbey

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=69 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="34b085a3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="County Carlow Coogan Immigrants"><B>Home</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="site_map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><B>Site Map</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="list_of_letters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List of Letters"><B>List of Letters</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="family_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family History from Letters"><B>Family History</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="names.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index of Names"><B>Name Index</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="family_list.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family List"><B>Family List</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="news___politics.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News "><B>19th C. News</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B>Photos</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B>Links</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B><IMG SRC="36e30180.png" border=0 width="48" height="24" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></B></A><A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B>Back</B></A><A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B> to </B></A><A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B>Photos Home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=207 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="34cd2e83.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Katies Wedding Invitation">Katie's Wedding Invitation</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to a Harlem Brother, Inquiry Pos">Michael to a Harlem Brother, Inquiry Postscript</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scapular Instructions (A)">Scapular Instructions (A)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St. Cecilias Church, Harlem">St. Cecilia's Church, Harlem</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ballyloughan Castle">Ballyloughan Castle</A></div> <div> Mount Saint Joseph Abbey</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=411 width="100%" style=" border-top: 2px solid #CCCC00; border-left: 2px solid #CCCC00;" BGCOLOR="#999966" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Mount Saint Joseph Abbey</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="33af5440.png" border=0 width="501" height="324" ALT="MtStJosephChurch" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="0"></FONT><B>The grave site of </B><B>Michael Coogan</B><B>, Brother Declan, lies just beyond the nave end of this massive church at the Abbey, built within a few years of the arrival of the founders from Mt. Melleray. The Abbey offers more than 400 acres of wooded walks, some with sites of devotion such as the statue of Muire an Cnoic (Mary of the Hill) and Chriost na n-Easanna (Christ of the waterfalls).  Stained glass windows depict the lives of Christ, St. Brendan, St. Ciaran and many other saints.  These hint of the splendid art, architecture, and history for which this abbey, in Ireland's monastic midlands, is known to those who visit regularly for retreats and re-invigoration of the spirit.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We thank the Cistercians of Mount St. Joseph for the opportunity to visit and to photograph the buildings and grounds.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>