Vultus Christi

Seven times a day and once in the night (XVI)

June 20, 2020

CHAPTER XVI. How the Work of God is to be done in the day-time 19 Feb. 20 June. 20 Oct. As the prophet saith: “Seven...

Some day to gaze on thee face to face in light (XV)

June 19, 2020

CHAPTER XV. At what times of the year Alleluia is to be said 18 Feb. 19 June. 19 Oct. From the holy Feast of Easter...

This One Thing Does Love Ask

June 19, 2020

After Longinus had done his work and done it well, wielding the lance to open with iron the floodgates of flesh, there came a gushing...

The saints determine the dates that count (XIV)

June 18, 2020

CHAPTER XIV. How the Night-Office is to be said on Saints’ Days 17 Feb. 18 June. 18 Oct. On the Festivals of Saints, and all...

The thorns of scandal which are wont to arise (XIII:2)

June 17, 2020

CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds are to be said on Week-days 16 Feb. 17 June. 17 Oct. The Office of Lauds and Vespers, however, must never...

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.