A community of monks living in County Limerick have become one of the
first religious congregations in Ireland to launch their own iPhone
app.
Benedictine monks at Glenstal Abbey in County Limerick have launched
the app, which can be downloaded on the iPhone or Android phone free of
charge.
The application provides the latest information from the Abbey on
morning and evening daily prayer for each week, a selection of Gregorian
chants and quotes from the rule of Saint Benedict as well as some
general information about Glenstal Abbey.
Fr Simon Sleeman,OSB from Glenstal said that the development of the
Abbey's own iPhone app came about as a result of a chance conversation
between himself and entrepreneur and Glasgow Celtic director Dermot
Desmond when the latter suggested that Glenstal should develop its own
app.
According to Fr Sleeman, “With Dermot's help we were able to get the app up and running just before Christmas.”
He said that using the app “is just like downloading the Glenstal website onto your phone and it's completely free.”
Fr Sleeman said that users can also learn about the monk's lives, the
boarding school, the farm and the Glenstal guesthouse.
Fr Sleeman also
added that over 30 people downloaded the Glenstal app in the first week
alone and it has grown in popularity since then.
Information on the
app can be found at www.glenstal.org.
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