Vultus Christi

Nothing of My Passion has passed away

April 4, 2020

We have entered into the Great and Holy Week. We are, as an ancient liturgical text puts it, like a ship coming into harbour after...

Supplica to Saint Bernard Tolomei

April 1, 2020

Saint Bernard Tolomei (10 May 1272 – 20 August 1348) is the patron of people suffering from pestilence and of those who care for them....

In godly fear, and on bended knees (L)

April 1, 2020

CHAPTER L. Of the Brethren who are working at a distance from the Oratory, or are on a journey 1 Apr. 1 Aug. 1 Dec....

Dominicum servitium (XLIX)

March 31, 2020

CHAPTER XLIX. Of the Observance of Lent 31 Mar. 31 July. 30 Nov. Although the life of a monk ought at all times to have...

Their weakness must be taken into account (XLVIII:3)

March 30, 2020

CHAPTER XLVIII. Of the daily manual labour 30 Mar. 30 July. 29 Nov. On Sunday, let all occupy themselves in reading, except those who have...

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.