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SILVERSTREM AWASH WITH CASH AGAIN?

Dear Fr. Basil,

An individual with legitimate and ongoing concerns about Silverstream Priory forwarded the most recent communication from the Priory. In light of the negative comments made about yours truly in the Silverstream accounts; you must be delighted that the fundraising went so well. I really am going to have to up my game!

Nevertheless, I am concerned about the lack of transparency underpinning the emergency appeal. I am not saying it has caused me to lose any sleep but it has animated my thoughts from time-to-time.

What was the “temporal crisis” referenced within your begging e-mail? You wrote “we are currently facing a serious monetary shortfall and must humbly ask your assistance”. It must have been pretty urgent. Because your shameless begging smacks of desperation.

What were the “several large expenditures coming up in April”? Could it be the case that Silverstream Priory has been sued for the known misconduct of its founding superior, Fr. Mark Daniel Kirby? Is the Priory now using the precious alms of the people of God to pay lawyer’s fees and to reach a financial settlement with the claimant(s)? Of course, I have no proof that Silverstream is paying lawyers; however, I have a nose for these things, and I bet the emergency fundraising appeal was predicated upon the need to cover some form of significant legal expenditure.

May I ask — was the community in danger of insolvency? Were the finances of the committee so precarious it needed emergency financial support from my brother bishop, Thomas Deenihan? Bishop Tom has a heart of gold coming from Cork so I am sure he would have been more than generous to the plight of the community.

Also, I am curious did the community alert the Dublin-based Charities Regulatory Authority about its perilous finances? So many questions and so few answers!

I am told that Elijah Carroll was responsible for the finances of the monastery. Is this true? If so, did his addiction to gay pornography lead him to make unwise and imprudent financial decisions? It is, of course, of interest that there is no sign of Elijah Carroll in the photograph taken on the Hill of Slane. Has he taken a leave of absence from monastic life, or is it the case he is the individual behind the camera?

Conspicuous also by their absence are the two founding monks of Silverstream Priory; the mythical and mystical Mark Kirby, and the liturgically-minded Benedict Andersen. Has Jesus spoke from the tabernacle and told Mark Kirby to remain with the nuns in Tegelen? Is Mark Kirby the Scarlet Pimpernel of Silverstream? Can you share with the readers of my blog the location of Fr. Andersen? I am told he is staying in London. Is this true?

A little bird, a priest of the Diocese of Meath, tells me that you, Fr. Basil were only appointed as superior for one year. Is this true? Are you going to remain the superior of Silverstream Priory for another year? If not — are you going to return to your monastery in France?

Who will be the next superior of Silverstream Priory? Will it be Fr. Hildebrand Houser, the protégé of Cardinal Burke? Is it now his turn to have a go at “playing” superior? Will he celebrate the Novus Ordo in English in obedience to the supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis?

Can you enlighten my readers and confirm if Fr. Houser is a priest of the Diocese of Meath? Or is it the case that Fr. Houser remains a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis? Is Fr. Kirby still a priest of the Diocese of Meath? If so, Bishop Tom could be in difficulty because Mark Kirby has been a very naughty boy and vicarious liability for the actions of recidivist clerics is very expensive.

Easter blessings.

+ Pat

Cc: Bishop Thomas Deenihan.

196 replies on “SILVERSTREM AWASH WITH CASH AGAIN?”

Well done to the Monks for good fundraising. Well done. The Monks do not owe a self elected authority or private individual in Larne any explanation, unless you have responsibility for them or they have harmed you. You have no jurisdiction. NONE WHATSOEVER. I hope and pray that the Monks are renewing their lives, hearts, souls and dedication to God. They have endured some self inflicted wounds and damage but perhaps those still in the community are now closer in unity of purpose, direction and spiritual growth in Jesus. Pat, since you are no longer a member of the Catholic Church, you do not deserve a response from the Monks. You are a private citizen and relying on hearsay and conjecture. Your aim is still to harass, belittle and inflict a hatred towards the Monks. God bless their efforts.

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‘Its their life and they’ll do what they want and you can’t stop them’!
This is the same attitude the cult extends to anyone who has tried to stop the kiddy fiddling and is the reason external authorities must take control of what it’s doing.

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10.04: Utter nonsense and a cheap shot. Lies. The Monks are entitled to reform, renew and live their lives through their challenges, difficulties and trials. God bless them. Go, sir, and find more useful activity to engage in.

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10:57 Yes they are. But as a charity they’re not entitled to do that without public scrutiny.
And you had to reply didn’t you?
Almost like entitlement is a significant value for you, madam. 🤣

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How many reforms and renewals and trials must this community go through before the community is finally reformed and renewed.

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10.57
Typical cathbot there, the upshot of his post being don’t hold us to scrutiny, because we do not want to be held to account by the likes of you.
They prefer the darkness, these people. The light somehow bothers them.

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10;57, but they’re not renewing or reforming as long as they continue to ostracise and defame one of their own for simply telling the truth about his abuse by Kirby.

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10:57
Go and find yourself something more useful to do than protecting crooks and abusers. Shame on you.

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‘Its their life and they’ll do what they want and you can’t stop them’!
Did you ever!

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10:57 Shame the Cult aka RCC spend every minute of the day with their fatcat lawyers ensuring victims are denied justice.

Beyond contempt is the RCC

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What about Benedict Andersen, who lost his home because he dared speak out to reform the monastery he helped establish?

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Cults always hate non conformity and outsiders: in this case they’ve punished the monk who didn’t conform by forcing him out into the cold.

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When you Google ‘Silverstream Priory’ on the first page of results you get –
3rd the Pillar article.
5th a wherepeteris article critical of Kirby’s book
7th a Tablet article raising concerns about the priory
If people are still giving all it proves is how cults work and how easily people are taken in. Also once you’ve been taken in the tendency is to double down on it because you don’t want to admit you’ve been deceived.
There will always be a solid core of the stupid, the stubborn, the embarrassed and the enmeshed, who continue to believe a cult: nowadays the internet means they can no longer keep whole countries in thrall as they did in Ireland.

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Pat, you’ll find information on the MONKS website re: projects, plans and renovations. No need to wait for an answer from them. I wish them every success in their projects. May God guide them.

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I don’t know how it works in Ireland but in England, Ealing Abbey got rebuked by the charity commission for using charitable funds for the criminal defense of an abusing monk.
Charitable funds are for the work of the charity.

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Anon at 11.32pm
Frankie the hand slapper crackdown on traddies is only a smokescreen to cover multitudes of their problems all over the world.
Ever hear of other rites such as this link :
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/56009/the-rites-of-the-catholic-church.
Was told that sspx is more organised than rcc in their control of finances and also well managed as well.
Why didnt he(frankie the hand slapper) go after other rites as minetioned in the link🤔
What are the Vatican hiding their unmentionable problems, could it be far worse than going after tradition masses?
Something is fishy all right.
One thing that struck me was none of the core Traddie websites such as CM, one peter five, lifestite news or rorate caeli or tradition org etc had commented on silverstream saga except for Pillarcatholic.

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10:01, Several of those websites are dominated by Peter Kwasniewski, father of one of the Silverstream monks and who very dishonestly served as both uncredited editor and censor librorum for Kirby’s “In Sinu Iesu”

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10:38 If you read my comment carefully (or at all) you will find I make no suggestion of it being better.
Incidentally what you can’t tell from my comment is that I was brought up in a Methodist church, attended a Baptist church as an adult and am no longer a Christian.

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Because the old Roman missal is only a previous edition of the Roman rite, not a different rite.
The reason he isn’t ‘going after ‘ other rites is he isn’t going after any rites, merely imposing order on the Roman rite.
You’ve been taken in by the usual lies on so called trad sites.
Similarly, if you Google about abuse and scandal within the SSPX you’ll find it’s also a lie about it being better run.
As I’ve said here before the real reason the old mass was allowed for a time was to try to get the SSPX back inside the fold.* That has failed and there is no need to allow the older form of the Roman rite.
Catholics pray with the church, not as they wish, as Protestants do. Refusing to do so is to make out that you are Catholic and other Catholics aren’t.
*I think this was a mistake personally.

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10.27

You’re sniffy suggestion that Catholics pray better than Protestants, because Catholics pray ‘with the Church’, and not as they please, is not the debate clincher you think. The bit about ‘Church’ is an allusion to an institution ‘corrupt, and riddled with corruption’. And one condemned by the UN for the torture of young children. Do you really believe God bends an ear when this institution, erm, ‘prays’? Seems to me, these days, he’s more laying a biblical axe to this root to remove it from his disgusted sight.

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Has Kwasniewski authority/permission to act as uncredited editor and censor librorum for Kirby’s “In Sinu Iesu” ? If so, from who?

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10.17
(Sigh) If only you’d written so in the beginning (with less ambiguity, and with more, rather than less autobiographical detail), we wouldn’t be where we are now.

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Anon at 10.32am
My bone of contention was that not all these websites were dominated by Peter Kwasniewski as he doesn’t own them with an exception of one Peter Five. I used to see his name there on and off etc but it’s owned by Steve Skojec. Think he left that website as I’m not certain. He was ex legionaries of christ which made me wonder about Robert Nugent as well. The effect of their training on them et al. Please note that I’m not criticising him but wondering re YouTube videos. Know he’s a trad.
Yeah dishonesty on his part re editor of that book as there was no objectivity, more like bias.
Anon at 10.27 am
Noticed there is no balance nor tact re going after TLM cos it’s not going to work. Cos there is no point bringing sspx back into fold cos it’s not working as sspx is like a mule who wouldn’t move a inch re their claims. They are stubborn and self righteous in their claims. Same applied to the Vatican curia as well. It’s liturgical and cultural war quite frankly I have to say here. It’s childish and pointless.
Could see sppx could break away from the Vatican in near future.
Other methods re rites were given a free role except for TLM. Why is that? No fairness or lack of balance on their part.
My biggest concern re SSPX is their far and remote locations that they were based or especially situated in desolote location was to minimise their effect of abuses, the less you know the better. I often wondered why did sspx select or choose that location in France so that nobody would report it, just at the bottom of the news pile that nobody will seriously look at. C Niles of CM did a very good job on sppx especially French ones and kansas ones.
Sppx and the Vatican curia needs to come together and knock their heads to come to a fair and balanced agreement for all Catholics. I’m for flexibility and fairness for any Catholics to choose from New mass or TLM depending on their location.
Vatican curia is taking on a dictatorial approach as regards to TC decree as its gone too far in my eyes. They think they could rein in sppx as I might say ‘not fat chance of this happening’. Both are at loggerheads and standoff as well, which isn’t good in long term view.

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11:44 I’m exactly where I was to start off with. If only you’d read my comment with the intention of understanding what I was saying instead of attacking me, you wouldn’t be where you are now. I’m also quite good at the philosophy of Vodou but it doesn’t mean I’m sacrificing goats: it just means I’m capable of understanding points of view not my own.

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DG at 11:53. I didn’t say that Peter K. owned those websites. I said that he *dominates* them. Take a look at all of them and see how many articles he contributes. He has a lot of sway on the traddy web.

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11:53
I agree, DG.
I checked out some of their backgrounds. Questionable. Out of sight out of mind and out of the way so remote locations are grand and dandy.
I agree on their training. The Legionnaires experience must have been
RCC boot-camp following Herr Marciel. Did you know i understand he had a fake tale for telling after his death to promote his ’cause’.
Who is funding these Youtube talking heads many being newbie
Catholics who seem to think they can trump the Pope. I saw CN of CM work on sspx etc. Good work. I’m also for flexibility and fairness for any Catholics to choose from New mass or TLM. Why do these various fractions in the Church think they are the holier than thou brigade.
They seem to forget the one common factor- fallen human nature.
They are as bad or as good as each other. It’s not a case of back to
the past, in my opinion. It’s back to the future! (Old and New.)

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10:41, Bishop Michael Smith, now emeritus of Meath, clearly appointed Peter K to give the nihil obstat, despite the fact that he has more than one conflicts of interest and also despite the fact that he has a pontifical degree in philosophy NOT theology.

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1:54
May I respectfully suggest someone take time-out to have a word with the emeritus.

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10.38
Your comments are consistently eccentric. You are on record as decrying Christian ministerial priesthood. You and your pseudonymous felllow traveller are in a minority of two.

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Reply to; Anonymoussays:
Apr 18, 2023 at 11:32 pm
Maybe when you have a few spare minutes you might relay that message to the Vatican, especially Francis and Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who had no conscience in using the Peter’s Pence collection to buy a property, 60 Sloane Ave London, at great expense 186 million pounds ($223 million) and because of the fraud scandal surrounding the sale and, the subsequent Vatican court case the on the mismanagement of the Holy See’s funds, which began in 2021 and is still ongoing today, regarding the the purchase of the property where the Vatican to lost nearly 176 million euros, on it’s resale.
Francis said he knew nothing of the buying of the London property in Chelsea, Becciu states Francis knew of it, and agreed to it’s procurement.
My advice, do not give any money to Peter’s Pence collection, not even one penny.
1)Vatican takes big loss in sale of London building at heart of …
Reuters https://www.reuters.com › world › vatican-sells-london-b…
1 Jul 2022 —
2)Ross Martin-Pavitt |
Vatican corruption trial related to €350m property in Chelsea resumes 2022 —

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Anon at 12.52pm
I get you re *dominance*, how often on these websites maybe 3 times a year or less.
His degree is in philosophy as he gave nil obsat 🤷‍♀️.
Anon at 1.50pm
My experience in CBS school which I saw few cbs squirrelling away few innocent deaf boys far away as possible or in a remote location within that school that nobody would look at.
Same thing was happening with Sspx as I see it from my experience cos of remote location or location where there is very little access in terms of transportation such far flung towns or little village/s in France that nobody would look into it.

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Patsy if you are right and Fr. Hildebrand Houser is the next Prior of Silverstream. I sincerely hope he disregards The Supreme Bollox Fanny and does not have anything to do with the dreaded Novus Ordo or the vernacular. That he celebrates The Tridentine Mass in Latin, thankfully still the official language of The Church, although you wouldn’t think so with the shower of satanists unfortunately residing in the Holy See presently. If he does I will happily send a donation.

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Absolutely howling. The mental somersaults required to arrive at a place where you think your religion is run by the fantasy entity who is the enemy of your religion, must be quite something.

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Anon at 11.00am

Nearly everybody needs a therapist one way or other at some time or stage of their lives. No harm asking for it as I’m only human and not perfect. I’m only trying to make sense of what had happened to me in the past.

What bothers and prodded me a lot was these bishops or cardinals proclaiming to be holy, perfect and calm in succulent tones. That ain’t the truth as they have huge skeletons on their closet as its our job as a Christian to expose these lot. Hell is paved with skulls of bishops and cardinals – road to hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lampposts that light the path.”.

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The rest of these monks, priests, bishops, cardinals, and popes are ensconced in the Devil’s arse. According to Chaucer. (Strictly speaking, he said friars, but they’re all much of a muchness.)

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11:21
Speaking of the Devils arse, Priory’s and Friary’s are religious houses of mendicant orders, not Monks!

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So is Silverstream Priory following the Rule of St. Dominic considering it’s supposedly a Priory? Three Rules or Rule of their own?

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3.30
No. There are Benedictine houses which are priories. Usually it’s because they are recent foundations or do not have sufficient members to form an abbey.

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11.32
Pat, why do you allow this foul-mouthed commenter to continue to drag the tone of the blog down. You know who he is but you appear to have a blind spot in his regard.

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11.32
One of the unsolved mysteries of the blog is how you can claim such a regard for the Tridentine rite and consequently the exalted beautiful Latin language when your grasp of your mother tongue is so tenuous.

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@11:04am
I don’t agree that nearly everybody needs a therapist, just use your common sense without paying or more likely getting the taxpayer to pay for you. To these charlatans who talk a lot of shite to those gullible enough to believe them.

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Anon at 1.35pm
You have a point there but there is a charlatans in every industry. Some of pyscho therapists not good as I tried cos they don’t have a lived experience of any ptsd or abuse in question. That’s a huge question mark that I have against them. I tried some of them as they didn’t work. It was only trial and error method that I did which worked for me previously cos very costly fees. Now I know after reading that book as I know what to look for and keep interpreter out of it. Cos they interfere the rapport between client and therapist. That’s why I never liked 3rd party such as interpreters.
I rather have someone who have had lived experience plus qualifications as well. Sometimes psych qualifications mean nothing when Im not getting any headway in terms of progress.

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Don’t believe that members of the general public contributed to this drink, drugs & porn monastery in affluent Co Meath.
It would be very enlightening to identify their benefactors.
As per usual, follow the money trail which where the TRUTH will be.

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12:15
Who landed Kitty et al on these here shores? Board members… connections….national and international…etc…

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They’ve been cooking more than drugs at Silverstream- looks as if they’ve been cooking the books yet again.

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1:04, A nutty outfit called “Angelico”. They publish both Traddie and “esoteric” books, which is fitting for the spooky mystical trash that Kitty has peddled to the credulous faithful

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Silverstream takes the biscuit. They keep giving giving and giving, more and more, cannon fodder, for, +Pat.

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6.46am: Thanks for this link. I’ve heard about this priest vefore and read about his incredible work. He’s certainly a Christ-like inspiration….one which all clerics and all of us can learn from….He’ll be truly embraced by God.

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I get the distinct impression Silverstream is a wee cottage industry. Whatever happened to Divine Providence?

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Silverstream has never been self-supporting. It’s always been funded by the most shameless kind of begging. This is mendicancy not Benedictine monasticism.

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There isn’t one monastery that doesn’t have a prominent donations button on its website.
Even the phenomenally wealthy Buckfast Abbey does.
I get that monasteries can have financial problems but if they’re loaded they should be refusing or redirecting donations to help others.
Incidentally I think this matter of money is a major reason monastic life is in such a mess in Europe.

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10:38
A donations button prominent or otherwise means nothing. Many parishes have donation buttons and they are not monastery’s or priory’s….

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4:10 Actually the ubiquitous donations button does prove something: that the entire thing is a grift.

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Silverstream is a scandal. Absolutely scandalous. Scandals are often swept under the carpet. Fr Paul Connell’s erroneous episcopal appointment is a fog horn. A fog horn drawing attention to the Silverstream scandal.
Fr Paul Connell’s erroneous episcopal appointment begets the questions; was there a scandal in 2016? Was Fr Tom Deenihan complicit in the scandal? Was Fr Tom Deenihan rewarded a mitre for his role in handling the scandal? Are there scandals pertaining to the Diocese of Cork and Ross? Do we need to go back further? Was Fr Tom Deenihan complicit in a scandal during his time in St Patrick’s College?

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@ 7:29
Seamus, if what you say is true, Silverstream sounds like the centerpiece of a bottomless pit of corruption infesting the Irish Catholic Church.

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There are more questions than answers. Interesting photograph!
Are Silverstream community intending giving the statue of St. Patrick
a lick of green paint? Can the Community and Diocese explain how peoples monies sent to Silverstream is spent?

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It looks as if the most important things that the Priory needs right now is a washing machine and a supply of razors.

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Going out in tatty work tunics is the exact opposite of what St Benedict says in chapter 55 of the Rule, that monks should wear slightly better clothes when journeying outside the monastery:
’10 To provide for laundering and night wear, every monk will need two cowls and two tunics, 11 but anything more must be taken away as superfluous. 12 When new articles are received, the worn ones–sandals or anything old–must be returned. 13 Brothers going on a journey should get underclothing from the wardrobe. On their return they are to wash it and give it back. 14 Their cowls and tunics, too, ought to be somewhat better than those they ordinarily wear. Let them get these from the wardrobe before departing, and on returning put them back.’ (https://christdesert.org/rule-of-st-benedict/chapter-55-the-clothing-and-footwear-of-the-brothers/)
Ironically this is basically exactly what anyone else would do, of wearing old clothes for work around the house and better clothes when going out.
I’m old enough to remember before Vatican 2 and as I remember beards and a certain cultivated tattiness were associated more with Franciscans than monks.

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11:22
Exactly. They are mendicants masquerading as Monks. They ought to be following the Rule of St. Francis. It’s a mix and match.

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Ah, no. Knot again! Silverstream is, Again, awash with cash! What else is going down in Silverstream? Why is Silverstream such a hub of hassle for the Irish Catholic Church?

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Here we go again. The devil finds work for idle hands! Another day of rummaging through the lives of the Monks. It has now become an almost daily hobby. Whatever about their failings and community difficulties, perhaps these men are genuinely seeking to live in accordance with God’s ways and in this, which of us who profess JESUS is perfect. Yes, criticisms are valid but the deliberate, malicious intrusion into their lives is morally reprehensible. It’s harassment, bullying and intimidation.

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What about what they have done and continue to do against Dom Benedict, a victim and a whistleblower? Cry me a river for the poor monks.

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+Pat, it is great that you are airing the dirty laundry of Silverstream Priory. They will see you as an agent of Satan attacking them for their love of the TLM.

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You are right to be raising questions about incardination of the priests of Silverstream. They are still not listed in the Meath directory of priests. Who is ultimately responsible for these clerics.

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That question would be resolved right quick in the secular legal arena when they get sued for sexual misconduct of some kind.

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11:53- Sur they’d just be more duckin divin wheelin and dealin and movin bodies about like pieces on a chess boered. Nathin new.

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I don’t know about anyone else, but I think monks have the best sex life

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Who was the priest from Cork on the ‘investigation team’ into ‘whistle-blowing matters’ at Silverstream ?

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10.10: So you think and believe that a constant harassing, mocking and humiliating a very broken man deserves to be subjected to hating lynch mobsters on this blog? Obviously you don’t think intelligently, humanly or psychologically about the effects of bullying others through verbal abuse. I’d imagine you were a school yard bully.

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Those monks offer Mass daily for their benefactors as a particular token of their gratitude? We’re back to the Middle Ages, folks, when Mass was the property of the priests and a commodity that could be sold for a few groats!

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Reply to;Anonymoussays:
Apr 19, 2023 at 10:17 am
They are right because, during Mass, the dead are prayed for at the Penitential Act, and whilst saying the Confiteor, and the Commemoration of the dead, and whist saying the Lord’s prayer for the living, whether money is exchanged or not, during Mass those prayer are said for both the living and, the dead, every time, so in effect there is never a necessary to pay for a Mass.
However, indulgences can always be applied either to oneself or, to the souls of the deceased, but they CANNOT be applied to other persons living on earth.
As soon as the coin in the coffer rings,
The soul from purgatory springs.
–John Tetzel OP, Dominican friar indulgence vendor
1)Questions & Answers Concerning Indulgences

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Lots of exclamation marks in that grovelling, monkish missive. Not so much, methinks, a sign of Easter joy (whatever that is), but the thrill of increased mammon in the monks’ bank account. (Have they just the one?)

Mammon does it every time for the monks. If only ‘God’ were spelt ‘mammon’, these monks would be living saints.

Are people really so easily taken in? I’m alluding to Silverstream’s benefactors: their dupes. Give us your money, and we’ll give you something priceless in return… a novena of Masses. Whaa-hay! A bargain at twice the donations!

It’s amazing what, even today, the temptation of a little hocus-pocus can achieve in the gullible.

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We’re on a winner, Trig, we’re on a winner…
Take it nice and slow, Trig, nice and slow…!

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It looks like your contributions are already part of their €357,000 ‘cash in hand’ at the bank.

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@ 10:28am
We wouldn’t expect the likes of you to know what “Easter Joy” is, as you’re an atheist with nothing in your sad life. You got something right The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass is indeed beyond price. Almighty God’s greatest gift. You’re probably such a miserable skinflint that you would never be a benefactor to anyone anyway.

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Priest holds mass in Irish pub after church closure
A priest was revealed that he turned an Irish pub into a makeshift church after he couldn’t find a venue for Sunday mass.
Father Michael Cusack from County Galway is a parish priest in Luxembourg.
He said he was “stuck for a place to go” after his church closed for renovations.
“We have a big congregation, over a thousand in number. I checked several churches here (Luxembourg) but times clashed.”
He said finding an alternative venue was beginning to seem like an impossible task, but a friend suggested the owners of a local Irish pub.
“I got a number and called them,” he told the BBC Good Morning Ulster programme.
Adrienne and Vincent Clarke, originally from Sligo and Louth, run Eirelux pub in the centre of Luxembourg city.
Whilst on holiday in Lanzarote, Adrienne got an unexpected call.
“I was relaxing on holiday and the phone rings with a very official voice,” said Ms Clarke.
“I thought, oh, this has to be a scam, this is not real. This guy is really, really good.”
After listening to the priest’s plight Ms Clarke agreed to help.
“I told him to call in the next week. If it’s a scam, he won’t turn up.”
Father Michael did show up and held mass for two Sundays in a row, until he found somewhere else to hold service.
The pub is normally closed on Sundays, but Father Michael said it opened “after the second mass” and they had “wee pints of Guinness”.
BBC presenter Sarah Brett asked the priest if this unlikely story had shamed the diocese.
“I think that’s how it should be phrased but maybe politically we can’t say that,” said Father Michael.
“But they (the diocese) were annoyed we couldn’t find a place,” added the priest.
“We had a lovely afternoon and a bit of singing. Life ticks on.”
Source – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgre5045z67o

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@ 11:45am

Just looked at the picture of that Cusack wan in Luxembourg what’s he doing there when there is a shortage of priests in Galway. Time you did an investigation into him, looks very iffy to me. What a venue to have a Mass but very appropriate for a Novus Ordo. I’m sure all the polys loved as much as you Patsy.

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Follow the money…
Silverstream Priory income:
2019: €529,746
2020: €681,539
2021: €748,702
The income for 2021 was split as follows:
From central govt. or local authorities: € 2,649
From donations:
€ 378,123
From trading & commercial activities: € 154,230
From other sources:
€ 3,400
From bequests:
€ 210,300
The ‘cash at hand’ in bank for 2021 was €375,353.
Portsmouth diocese income from legacies alone was:
2020: £755,131
2021: £829,273
Source: statutory annual accounts

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I haven’t had time to read through all the responses so far, so this might already have been said. Silverstream Priory, a charity, is obliged to submit its financial statements to the Charity Commissioner. Someone with a nose for forensic finance should be able to see what has come in via this appeal and how it has been spent. It may take a while until the returns for this period are submitted, but in due course the truth will out. There is no other way. If Silversteam Priory feels that it should be economical with the truth / reality in its financial reports and returns, then they need to think again, because many people will be all over those accounts and will be asking questions. There is no hiding.

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+Pat, I have been following this saga on your blog for some time and yet again you have treated us a delightful post about Silverstream. It is a gift that keeps on giving to the blog. You are; however, raising important questions about the finances of the community and who has ultimate responsibility for the priests within the Priory. The question of incardination is a drum that you need to keep banging. And it is surprising that Bishop Deenihan has never made a public statement about Mark Kirby.

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God is truly there. It certainly isn’t a celebration in a badly decorated garage, it’s the Temple of the Lord.

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Interesting bit re silverstream on charity regulator website that caught my eye is this cos they signed it on 31st October 2022. Not long ago.
Charities Governance Code (Status Declared: 31 Oct 2022)
This charity has declared on the date above that it is in full compliance with the Charities Governance Code.

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5.38: Deaf Guy: go back to Thailand for an extended sabattical or to a place where there’s no available technology..bummy bum

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Majella at 6.04pm
LOLOL 🤣.
Friend of a friend still in pattaya in a heatwave of 40c as he’s loving it. He booked for 7 weeks in Thailand before new tourist tax comes out next few months time. It’s his 17th trip so far.
How about you 😉 plenty men from all over the world there.

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”A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is…”
Who was it who said ‘Only fools rush in…’?

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Welby: ”Stephen, I’m absolutely delighted that you’re willing to take this role…”
Cottrell: ”I’m exited about working with you… we in the Church of England need to reflect on that a lot more that all ministry is meant to be partnership… and that’s what will, in the end, save me from making too much of a mess.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjinMprLytA 17 December 2019

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There’s a big difference between making mistakes, failing egregiously – morally and spiritually – and in a constant expression of intimidation, bullying, hating and denigration of others – as exemplified by this blog. But all the perfect ones on this blog fail to differentiate the distinction!!

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Get a grip will ya

They have no intention of zipping anything up other than their gobs exclusively for when they cover up for each other!

Other than that they singing porkies pies about Victims & whistleblowers just like the “faithful” crooked parasites that pull their strings.

They pray hard that they and their cohorts get away with everything.

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The cheek of ya aul wan
Mind your own business what we do with our mickies
Get your rosary beads for Gods sake.

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‘But all the perfect ones…’
The only reference to perfection is from you.
And it’s funny how you don’t allow the (checks notes) perfect ones to (checks notes) make ‘a’ mistake.
How do you get the fork to your mouth without poking yourself in the eye?
Whoopsie!

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are they blind in one eye butt can’t see with the udder or
like the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doin’

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@9:19
“Like the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing”?
Could Fr Carey have used that as a Defence in court?

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yeah he nodded off with one eye open the udder shut while hands were roaming unknown to himself

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See lovely picture of Fr.Malachy Roscrea abbey blessing new stations of the cross. Life carrying on in Silverstream and Roscrea despite all the ‘activities’ documented in this Blog.. any word on all the Killaloe MIAs.. in Roscrea parish, Ger Fitzerald,Jerry Carey, Tom OGorman.. the lust is growing..

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Prior Mark Kirby sure has caused no end of trouble and controversy since he arrived in Ireland.
Is he still shacked up in Tegelen convent with that mother superior nun who is goo eyed about him?
Are the 2 male chaperones still with him?
No doubt Silverstream have to compensate Tegelen convent for accommodating Mark Kirby and his entourage and perhaps Porn Again Elijah has now joined this possey in Belgium.

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