By Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. | My brothers, sister, and I often remind ourselves of our mom’s pearls of wisdom that she often shared with us during her 62 years of motherhood. “From the mouths of babes” was one such “Clarism,” ...
Continue readingIn December 2017, Br. Terrence Lauerman, O. Praem., was honored at the volunteer banquet of the Bay Area Humane Society in Green Bay for contributing more than 2,250 hours of his time—especially to helping care for homeless cats ...
Continue readingBy Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. | I was mulling over the world refugee crisis before Pope Francis boldly preached his Midnight Mass homily on Christmas Eve (I was not the only one impressed by his words connecting the Holy Family to ...)
Continue readingBy Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. | Demonstrations and counterdemonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, touched our collective nerve last summer. At their outset in early July, I thought, “Wait—did I hear what I thought I heard?”
Continue readingOn Friday, December 15, 2017, at the Norbertine Center for Spirituality at St. Norbert Abbey, Norbertine Associate Paula Rieder received the Wisconsin Heroes Award, presented by Wisconsin's First Lady Tonette Walker.
Continue readingBy Frater Jordan Neeck, O. Praem. | Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 | Gaudete Sunday is the period in Advent in which we rejoice! We celebrate Christian joy in giving thanks and praise to all that God does for us.
Continue readingBy Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. | I have come to like to do laundry. The laundry room is warm, generally quiet, and the “mindless tasks” of waiting, transferring clothes and towels from one machine to another, and folding the items ...
Continue readingBy Frater Jordan Neeck, O. Praem. | Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 | The winter breaks during my college years were often times I would go home not only to visit family and friends, but also to earn some extra money to pay for my education.
Continue readingBy Frater Jordan Neeck, O. Praem. | Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2b-7 | In 1972 a study was published by psychologist Walter Mischel which has come today to be known as Stanford University’s Marshmallow Experiment.
Continue readingChristmas, Christmas, Christmas. This time of year, everything in our culture screams Christmas. But what about Advent—a time of prayer and preparation?
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