On Saturday, June 4, 2016, Rev. Frater Bradley R. Vanden Branden, O. Praem., will be ordained to the priesthood. The Mass of Ordination will be celebrated by Most Rev. David L. Ricken, DD, JCL, Bishop of Green Bay, at 10 a.m. in the church of St. Norbert Abbey.
Continue readingAs the debut novel of Fr. James Martin, SJ, The Abbey offers wisdom and insight into a journey toward wholeness. Who better to lead a book discussion about this work than the abbot of our own St. Norbert Abbey! On May 19, 2016, Abbot Gary Neville, O. Praem., will present…
Continue readingAugust 28, 1921 – March 26, 2016 | Fr. Rékasi, a member of Gödöllő Abbey, Budapest, Hungary, residing at St. Norbert Abbey, was born on August 28, 1921, in Jaszbereny, Hungary. His home parish was in Jaszbereny.
Continue readingIn March 2016 author and catechist Fr. Alfred McBride, O. Praem., was honored at Relevant Radio Green Bay’s “Christ Brings Hope Award Dinner.” The annual award is presented to an American Catholic who has worked with extraordinary dedication to spread the good news and hope…
Continue readingDecember 28, 1922 – February 8, 2016 | Fr. Feller was born on December 28, 1922, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His home parish was Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.
Continue readingThe March 17, 2016, “Glimpses of the Past” in The Green Bay Press-Gazette highlighted the death of the first American Norbertine abbot, Abbot Bernard Pennings, O. Praem., who passed into God’s Eternal Kingdom on March 17, 1955.
Continue readingFor 2016, the Norbertine Center for Spirituality at St. Norbert Abbey’s annual Day for Men is a collaborative event with the Diocese of Green Bay and Esto Vir. This year's conference, Men for All Seasons, is being held at the KI Convention Center in downtown Green Bay on March 5, 2016.
Continue readingA member of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium since the 90s, Fr. James Herring, O. Praem., helped coordinate the 2015 event held on St. Norbert College’s campus last fall.
Continue readingThe current Pennings Activity Center on the St. Norbert College campus—named after Abbot Bernard Pennings, O. Praem., the first abbot of St. Norbert Abbey—was both a Catholic (Pennings) and public (Nicolet) high school previously.
Continue readingRev. Dr. Jack MacCarthy, O. Praem. Rev. Dr. Jack MacCarthy, O. Praem., has dedicated much of his life to caring for the physical and spiritual needs of the people in Peru. Earlier this year he visited for three weeks, attending to the Centro de Salud in Santa Clotilde…
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