IN CŒNACULO a newsletter for friends of silverstream priory Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament • Co. Meath • Ireland Pentecost 2016

visitors from Rome and from the Nether- A Letter from Father Prior lands. Monsignor Karel Kasteel, a prelate with Dear Friends of a long and distinguished history of service to Silverstream Priory, the , shared with us generously out of the storehouse of his wisdom and experience. s you w i l l s e e from the Monsignor Kasteel came to us accompanied photos in this issue of In by Mother M. Paola Gosta, prioress of the Cœnaculo, the first phase of of Perpetual Adoration in Rome construction and renovation and by Mother M. Immaculata Franken, pri- A is well underway. July 4th is oress of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adora- the projected date of the completion of the tion in Tegelen in the Netherlands. works of this phase. The completed works will provide us with eleven monastic cells. On Tuesday, 26 April, His Lordship, Dr Mi- Heartfelt thanks to all who have contributed chael Smith, Bishop of Meath visited the pri- or who will contribute to the funds needed ory to greet Monsignor Kasteel and to see the for this phase of the work. work undertaken thus far. After meeting with The community at Silverstream is growing the whole community and with our guests, His apace. With two postulants and one aspirant Lordship visited the construction site and, be- presently added to our number, and several fore leaving, imparted his blessing to us. other men expected in the coming weeks, it is Dom Benedict continues his work in urgent that the works go forward in a timely graphic design and in the production of li- manner. The second phase of the works will be turgical texts for our Divine Office. Dom the transformation of the old stone cattle shed into a monastic Oratory with space for eighteen monks. At the moment the pos- tulants and aspirant are housed in narrow cubicles in the old laundry room. In each cubicle there is just enough room for a narrow bed and a chair. A plain white curtain drawn across the front of each cu- bicle affords its occcupant a symbolic but reasonably effective privacy. The last week of April brought us the visit of dear Finnian, apart from welcoming visitors in by demolishing everything. The ground must the gatehouse, has been busy with electrical be cleared for the Work of God. work in the temporary cubicles and else- We celebrate Holy Mass and the Divine where in the house. Dom Elijah pursues his Office to the accompaniment of buzzing drills theological studies at Saint Saviour’s in Dub- and resounding hammers. The floor under us lin and, at the same time, works closely with vibrates and the ceiling above us shakes. Bits our architects, engineers, and contractors in of plaster fall onto the altar and into our choir moving the renovations and constructions books. In spite of our best efforts to keep the forward. Postulants Nicholas and Ben, and house clean, dust lies thick on everything. In- aspirant Patrick, assist in a variety of tasks convenient though these things may be, they while going, as one would expect, from dis- remind us, at every turn, that God is doing a covery to discovery in these first months of great work here at Silverstream. their monastic journey. We are filled with gratitude for all that has It has been no mean challenge to preserve been done thus far and for all that lies ahead. our Benedictine peace amidst the noise, and Thank you for being a part of this Work of God. dust, and chaos of so much demolition and In Christ, construction. A lively sense of humour is in- dispensable. Of one thing we are certain: when God sets about building something, He begins

“Sicut novellæ olivarum”: Postulants & Aspirants “Thy sons shall be like young olive branches, round about thy table” (Ps. 126)

Postulant Ben from Australia

Aspirant Patrick from Postulant Nicholas Co. Down from Alabama

“I have come to know Jesus Christ, & Him crucified, that I may know him, & the power of his Resurrec- tion, & the fellowship of His sufferings, & be made conformable to his death.” Postulant Nicholas “takes up his cross” Our Father in God, Bishop Smith, im- parts his blessing

D. Finnian adoring the Most High D. Benedict checking online orders “Draw near to Christ; he is the living antitype of that stone which

men rejected, which Panem cæli God has chosen and dedit eis! prized; you too must be built up on him stones D. Finnian , & Constance that live and breathe, the Cat into a spiritual fabric; Clean- ing old you must be a holy (moldy!) books priesthood, to offer up that spiritual sacrifice which God accepts through Jesus Christ.” I Peter 2:4-5

“Creative chaos”

Father Prior Paschal inspects the Candle The new choir stalls new con- prepared by arrive just in time for struction D. Benedict the new vocations 1:100 GA09

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ITERUM ÆDIFICARE monastic church. The chapel must accommo- date choir stalls for 25 monks, and space for ET RENOVARE 30 lay visitors or retreatants. Working close- ly with our architect, we have decided to ren-

FW TO BUILD AGAIN ovate an old stone cattle shed adjacent to the AJ 1

FW AJ G . This undertaking cannot wait. 2 .t. AND RENEW We will soon have no space large enough to ere at Silverstream we are 2740 accommodate our growing community at experiencing a bit of a “vo- worship. FW cations crisis” — AJ 3 butG.t. not the 0 FW .00 2740 2740 AJ 4 (3) A SMALL CLOISTER QUAD- FW MH kind that you often hear about 1 in the ChurchG.t. today. We sim- RANGLE0.00 is needed to connect and unify SVP 5 SVP the existing monastic complex, along with 4 FW ply cannot accomodate in our house and in AJ 5 FW AJ 11 G.t. 2600 H G .t. new offices and workshops. our little temporary oratory the numbers of FW men whoA are knocking at our door to pursue (4) THE FUTURE MONASTIC AJ 6 a monastic vocation. Our needs2525 at this point CHURCH — with provision for a commu- are critical. They can be broken down into nity of 30 monks and 100 guests and visi- 2070 FW AJ 7 tors — will be a monumentalSVP confession of the following areas. 6 the traditional Catholic faith in the face of an (1) IN THE MAIN HOUSE, we urgent- Ireland beset with secularist ideologies, athe- ly need 11 monastic cells for the men who are ism, materialism, and all the other “isms” that presenting themselves for the lifelong service threaten the goodness, truth, and beauty of B A of God as Benedictines of Silverstream. Each G.t. an authentically Catholic culture.SVP FW cellC needs to be completely rewired for elec- 7 AJ 8 Please give, and give generously, so as to tricity. Plumbing needs to installed. Proper 1740 allow the young men who are knocking at heating must be provided. our door to give themselves to Christ in the FW AJ 10 (2) A SUITABLE TEMPORARY G monastic life! If you can help with any of .t.

SVP CHAPEL 10 is needed, for the long period2070 be- these projects, please contact Very Rever- fore we are able to begin work on a proper end Father Prior. § B

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