Category: Catholic Ireland

Lest Thy Church suffer too great a darkness

November 16, 2019

Beloved Lord Jesus, I adore Thee, who art present here, with all the love of my heart. Sinner that I am, I would offer Thee...

Pentecost Ireland 2018

May 20, 2018

Sermon at Silverstream Priory Pentecost Sunday 2018 The Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world, alleluia; and that which containeth all things hath...

Monasterboice and the Grace of the Divine Office

August 11, 2016

Silverstream Oblate Clarissa Kwasniewski writes on The New Liturgical Movement of her recent visit to Ireland: We went to Ireland. . . . No, we...

Where is wisdom to be found?

March 16, 2016

Here is the text of the conference that I gave to the Legion of Mary Catholic Young Adult Conference at the Catholic Chaplaincy of Queens...

On the need for more Irish canonisations

January 6, 2016

Catholic Culture and Holiness Yesterday on his blog, Remembering Father William Doyle, S.J., our dear friend, Benedictine Oblate Pat Kenny, wrote a compelling plea for...

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.