Vultus Christi – Page 727

15 October, Mass of the Twenty–Eighth Sunday of the Year B

October 14, 2006

The canonization in Rome today of Blessed Rafael Guízar Valencia, Bishop; Blessed Filippo Smaldone, Priest; Blessed Theodore Guérin, Virgin; and Blessed Rosa Venerini, Virgin is...

The Mass: The Appearance on Earth of the Eternal

October 14, 2006

From The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann (+1983): “Wednesday, October 3, 1979 The Pope of Rome is in New York. We watched him on television...

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus

October 13, 2006

We take refuge under Thy protection, O holy Mother of God! Despise not our supplications in our need, but deliver us always from all dangers,...

14 October, Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith

October 13, 2006

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith, is celebrated in Spain and in other places on October 12th. It seemed fitting to celebrate on the...

Dignum et iustum est

October 13, 2006

Terry Nelson at Abbey–Roads, Father Zuhlsdorf at WDPRS, and Father Jim Tucker at Dappled Things discuss with serenity and good sense current speculation on unimpeded...

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.