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Bread, water, wine, and oil (XL)

November 18, 2019

CHAPTER XL. Of the Measure of Drink 19 Mar. 19 July. 18 Nov. Every one hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner,...

Simple Profession of Brother Thomas Aquinas Borders

August 18, 2019

15 August 2019 Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Simple Profession of Dom Thomas Aquinas Maria Borders My dear son, Brother Thomas...

I cried and He heard me (XVIII:2)

June 23, 2019

22 Feb. 23 June. 23 Oct. At Tierce, Sext and None on Monday are to be said the nine remaining parts of the hundred and...

The Workman and the Work (VIII)

June 11, 2019

CHAPTER VII. Of Humility 9 Feb. 10 June. 10 Oct. Having, therefore, ascended all these degrees of humility, the monk will presently arrive at that...

What will profit us for all eternity (Prologue 6)

May 7, 2019

6 Jan. 7 May. 6 Sept. Since then, brethren, we have asked of the Lord who is to inhabit His temple, we have heard His...

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.