Having had a very holy Irish priest with us the past ten days (he is stationed in southern California ), I am reminded of my favorite monks (well, I can have favorites even though an ocean divides us). These monks have a problem with attracting vocations, but unlike much of the Western world, theirs is they have far too many men interested in their form of monastic life. (See Blog 3/25/2017)
They are traditional Benedictines, but also have added adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament to their daily mission. This is in a spirit of reparation and intercession for the sanctification of priests.
Their life, as ours on Shaw Island , does not involve outside works. They have kept the Latin and Gregorian Chant as we have, as well as Lectio Divina. “It is a sacramental configuration to Christ, Priest and Victim, in his oblation to the Father; and this, in the context of a hidden life, marked by silence and in effective separation from the world.”
As you can see from the recent photo they have grown from just a handful to 13 in only a few years.