Category: Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle

Clear Creek

13 November 2009

I am leaving this afternoon for the Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Clear Creek to preach the monastic community’s annual retreat. I...

Ut sanaret filium ejus

18 October 2009

Passing On the Tradition One of the best things about being a very small monastic household is the freedom to make use of the opportunities...

Contemplation of the Glorious Face of Christ

15 October 2009

In yesterday’s general audience, our extraordinarily “Benedictine” Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, presented the figure of Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny. For the nascent...

Sitit sitiri: He thirsts that we should thirst for Him

13 October 2009

Progress Report Our little community life, marked by the rhythm of the Hours, by Eucharistic adoration, work, and welcoming guests, is already that of the...

Adorers of the Eucharistic Face of Jesus

8 October 2009

A Thursday of Adoration and Reparation For the very first time, our embryonic monastery observed the Thursday of Adoration and Reparation for Priests. Being three,...

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.