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It is Christ that lives in me (XLIX)

February 28, 2020

CHAPTER XLIX. Of the Observance of Lent Friday after Ash Wednesday Although the life of a monk ought at all times to have about it...

Ego veniam, et curabo eum (XLIX)

February 27, 2020

CHAPTER XLIX. Of the Observance of Lent Thursday after Ash Wednesday Although the life of a monk ought at all times to have about it...

With joy of the Holy Spirit (Chapters XLVIII and XLIX)

February 26, 2020

CHAPTER XLVIII. Of the daily manual labour Always read on Ash Wednesday During Lent, let them apply themselves to reading from morning until the end...

To set down roots of love (XIX)

February 25, 2020

CHAPTER XIX. Of the Discipline of saying the Divine Office 24 Feb. 26 June. 26 Oct. We believe that the Divine presence is everywhere, and...

Norbert David Andersen (11 January 1926– 18 February 2020)

February 23, 2020

A HOMILY FOR  NORBERT DAVID ANDERSEN (11 JAN. 1926 — 18 FEB. 2020) Preached at a Solemn Requiem Mass celebrated by his grandson, the Rev’d...

Situated amidst pasture land and forest in the eastern reaches of County Meath, Silverstream Priory was founded in 2012 at the invitation of the Most Reverend Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath, and canonically erected as an autonomous monastery of diocesan right on 25 February 2017. The property belonged, from the early 15th century, to the Preston family, premier Viscounts of Ireland and Lords of Gormanston. In 1843 Thomas Preston (1817-1903), son of Jenico Preston, the 12th Viscount (1775-1860), built what today is Silverstream Priory. Silverstream Priory is a providential realisation of the cherished project of Abbot Celestino Maria Colombo, O.S.B. (1874–1935), who, following the impetus given by Catherine–Mectilde de Bar in the 17th century, sought to establish a house of Benedictine monks committed to ceaseless prayer before the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar in a spirit of reparation. The community of Silverstream Priory holding to the use of Latin and Gregorian Chant, celebrate the Divine Office in its traditional Benedictine form and Holy Mass in the “Usus Antiquior” of the Roman Rite. Praying and working in the enclosure of the monastery, the monks of Silverstream keep at heart the sanctification of priests labouring in the vineyard of the Lord. They undertake various works compatible with their monastic vocation, notably the development of the land and gardens, hospitality to the clergy in need of a spiritual respite, scholarly work, and publishing.