On Saturday, May 27, 2017, Rev. Frater Michael J. Brennan, 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 ...
Continue readingIn May 2017 Deacon Michael Brennan, O. Praem., received the Paul Bechtold Library's Faculty Choice Award for his (now published) article, "Matthew's Fifth Antithesis and Domestic Violence" at the symposium ...
Continue readingBy Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. | My brother Jerome and I were traveling one day. Mind you, we don’t often digress onto theological discourse, but this time he said to me, “We say this at Mass, but what does ‘descended into hell’ really mean?"
Continue readingOffered by Deacon Michael Brennan, O. Praem., at St. Norbert Abbey | Today on this glorious Easter morning, these words spoken by St. Peter centuries ago continue to echo across the years.
Continue readingBy Judy Turba | "In this world two things are essential: life and friendship. Both should be highly prized and we must not undervalue them. Life and friendship are nature’s gifts. God created us that we might exist and live ..."
Continue readingBy Frater Jordan Neeck, O. Praem. | Perhaps I am a sucker for nostalgia. I can’t help but delight, on any given Sunday in the Archdiocese of Chicago, when I encounter someone who has been influenced by a Norbertine ...
Continue readingOn Saturday, August 27, 2016, at the First Vespers of the Solemnity of St. Augustine, Johnathan F. Turba and Anh Q. Tran will be vested in the ...
Continue readingBy (Fr.) Michael Brennan (O. Praem.), NVC 2010-2011 | My name is Mike Brennan. I am a 1999 graduate of St. Norbert College and this August I will begin my novitiate with the Norbertines. As I reflect on my last several months ...
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