Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B., toward the end of his life, became acquainted with the Poor Clare Colettines of Cork, Ireland – the Abbot himself was a native Irishman. The spiritual bond between the Abbot Marmion and the Poor Clares was fruitful on both sides. He wrote to them: “I think of you all each day at Holy Mass, and offer you to God in union with the Divine Victim. In fact, I very, very often think of you and pray for you; OI feel somehow that it was Jesus who called me to help you, and has in some way confided you to my loving care.” - Letter December 17, 1921