By Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. | Having grown up in northeastern Wisconsin in the 1970s, I was aware of a religious order of priests and brothers that served our region as high school and college teachers ...
Continue readingBy Fr. James Neilson, O. Praem. | The beauty of the abbey and its liturgical life made an immediate and lasting impression on my heart and mind. That this community should have been so mindful of beauty as an attribute of faith ...
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Continue readingLessons on Virtuous Friendship from Dr. Paul Wadell | By Fr. James Neilson, O. Praem. | Maybe it was his smooth Kentucky accent or the fact that he greeted, by name, every student who walked into class.
Continue readingBy Fr. James Neilson, O. Praem. | The Stations of the Cross, one of our most beloved devotions, chronicles the last few hours of the life of Jesus Christ and is a way for the faithful to literally walk with the Lord in prayerful gratitude, wonder ...
Continue readingAsk Fr. James Neilson, O. Praem., when he knew he wanted to be a priest and he will tell you there was no moment “of great revelation or a moment of absolute clarity.” Nevertheless, the call was always there. He grew up in an extended family that included two uncles who were Jesuit priests.
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