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New monastery in Ireland is first since Reformation
February 27, 2017
Bishop Michael Smith of Meath presided on February 25 at the foundation of a new Benedictine monastery in his diocese: the first new monastery to be established in Ireland since the 16th century, when Irish monastic communities were suppressed by the order of England’s King Henry VIII.
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Silverstream Priory in Stamullen is now home to eight monks, who came to Ireland from Oklahoma.
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