Category: Irish Heritage

From a new found friend in Ireland

18 June 2010

I just received this grand letter (in the form of a comment) from Eamonn Giblin, a native of Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland, a place dear...

For the Church in Ireland

22 March 2010

After reading, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Father’s beautiful letter to the faithful of Ireland, I was moved to intercede in...

Winter Reading

30 December 2009

What are you reading during these dark winter days? You may think me a glutton for gloom, given recent events in the land of my...

140 Years of Eucharistic Adoration in Ireland

14 June 2009

Original Chapel of the Drumshanbo Monastery I had just finished the Invitatory at Vigils this morning when I heard the telephone ringing. Normally, I don’t...

Vultus Christi (The Face of Christ) is the spiritual blog of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of the Cenacle Monastery (Silverstream Priory) in Ireland. Through this apostolate, the monks of Silverstream Priory share the fruits of their contemplation of the Face of Christ for the edification of the faithful, with a particular emphasis on the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Church's Liturgy, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as on monasticism and the spiritual legacy of Mother Mectilde de Bar (1614-1698), foundress of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration. More information is available from our website, or visit cenaclepress.com to purchase products from the monastery.