Eucharistic adoration, so that all have an opportunity to take part. Through intense
prayer before the real presence of the Lord, you can make reparation for the sins
of abuse that have done so much harm, at the same time imploring the grace of
renewed strength and a deeper sense of mission on the part of all bishops, priests,
religious and lay faithful. (art. 14)
To encourage and confirm the founding Prior, and the men seeking to join him, in this
distinctively Benedictine tradition of Eucharistic adoration and reparation, marked, in a special way, by hospitality to priests in need of silence and of prayer, I hereby approve, confirm,
and ratify the present text of Constitutions on the Rule of Saint Benedict for the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, without prejudice to the prescriptions of the Code of Canon Law, and this for the glory of God and the
consolation of His Church.
And having these noble ends in view, and in communion of mind and heart with the Holy
See, I hereby erect and establish the Institute of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar as a Public Clerical Association of the Faithful (CIC 312) in view of its being recognized, after a suitable period of growth, as a sui iuris
Monastery of Diocesan Right.
In accord with the Constitutions on the Rule of Saint Benedict for the Benedictine
Monks of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, I also appoint the
Very Reverend Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, newly incardinated in the Diocese of Meath, Conventual Prior of the monastery ad tempus indeterminatum.
Entrusting the present and future of Silverstream Priory to the Blessed Virgin Mary,
whom its monks venerate with filial piety as their Abbess and their Queen, I willingly impart my blessing to this new monastic presence in the Diocese of Meath.
^ Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath
31 December 2012
On the 398th anniversary of the birth in Saint–Dié, France of Catherine–Mectilde de Bar, foundress of
the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
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Oblate News
11 July 2013, the feast of our glorious father Saint Benedict, R obin
G race I mmaculata P udewa made
her Oblation here, becoming the third
professed Oblate of Silverstream Priory. Married to
Andrew, and the mother of seven children, Robin
lives near Hulbert, Oklahoma, not far from the Abbey of Clear Creek. Her Oblate name, Immaculata,
was given her in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes to
whom she has a particular devotion.
On 7 October 2013, the feast of Our Lady of the
Rosary, Father Prior received the oblation of Linda
Cecilia (of Rome) Simms, in the course of Holy
Mass at Silent Waters Farm in Connecticut. Linda’s
husband Doug as well as her sister Lisa and brotherin-law Chris were in attendance. Linda’s well known
n
devotion to Saint Columbkille was enriched by the
patronage of Saint Cecilia of Rome, whose name she
received as an Oblate.
On Sunday, 8 December 2013, in the radiance of
the feast of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception, Father Prior received Dr Cathal Steele as an Oblate
novice of Silverstream Priory, giving him Saint Luke,
Physician and Evangelist as his patron saint. Cathal is
married to Dr Claire Steele; they are the parents of
Joseph (age 10), Isabel (age 8), and Robert (age 6).
On Sunday, 9 February 2014, Father Prior received Mr Arkadiusz (Arek) Lipinski as an Oblate
novice of Silverstream Priory, giving him Saint Joachim, husband of Saint Anne and father of the Blessed Virgin Mary as his patron saint. Oblate Brother
Joachim and his wife Marzena attend Holy Mass at
the monastery with sons Ryan, Nicholas, and Dominic and help us in ways too many to be counted. >