Vultus Christi

Cum gaudio Sancti Spiritus (XLIX)

July 31, 2019

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...

An obliging crocodile (XLVIII:3)

July 30, 2019

CHAPTER XLVIII. Of the daily manual labour 30 Mar. 30 July. 29 Nov. anappointed to the various offices. But if any one should be so...

Reading or learning the Psalms (XLVII:2)

July 29, 2019

CHAPTER XLVIII. Of the daily manual labour 29 Mar. 29 July. 28 Nov. From the first of October to the beginning of Lent let them...

Otiositas inimica est animae (XLVIII:1)

July 28, 2019

CHAPTER XLVIII. Of the daily manual labour 28 Mar. 28 July. 27 Nov. Idleness is an enemy of the soul; and hence at certain seasons...

With humility, gravity, and awe (XLVII)

July 27, 2019

CHAPTER XLVII. Of signifying the hour for the Work of God 27 Mar. 27 July. 26 Nov. Let the announcing of the hour for the...

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.