Category: Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle

The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Most Holy Eucharist, and the Cenacle

11 May 2018

On this first day of the Great Pentecost Novena, I find it helpful to reflect on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s participation in the Most Holy...

An Irish Priest for Priests

16 August 2017

August 16th, 1917: The Anniversary of Father William Doyle, S.J. When Father Willie Doyle entered my life, something happened. It was the beginning of one...

Our Lady of the Cenacle in Armenian Iconography

28 May 2017

After his brilliant latest essays on Julien Green, and on Saints Benedict and Philip Neri, Mr Rick Yoder, only recently graduated from The University of...

In Cenaculi Solitudine

16 May 2015

Our Lady of the Cenacle Many years ago and long before I had any idea that I would one day play a role in establishing...

Why the Cenacle?

16 May 2015

I took this essay from Our Lady of the Cenacle by The Reverend Father Felix , S.J., published by the Lafayette Press (New York) in...

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.