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Abbey Welcomes New Novice Alexis Longoria
Alexis Longoria was initiated as a novice at 1st Vespers of the Feast of Saint Augustine on August 27, 2019. Alexis was born in El Paso, Texas, raised in New Mexico, and is a recent graduate of the Franciscan University of St. Bonaventure in New York state. He spent...
Patricio Chacón, O. Praem. Professes First Vows
Brother Patricio Chacón, O. Praem. professed his first vows on the Feast of Saint Augustine, August 28, 2019. Born in Albuquerque, Patricio graduated from Coronado High School in Galina, New Mexico. He received an associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Central...
The University of Dayton and Faith Formation
Norbertine Oblate Joseph Sandoval, MTS has been a course facilitator in the University of Dayton’s Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) program for the past five years; his focus has been on theology and biblical studies courses. Through the...
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Young Norbertines in France Day 11
Day 11: Today, we left Paris to venture onto Netherlands. We embarked by train and arrived later in the day in Utrecht by our fellow friend Fr. Peter Ambting. He introduced us to the area and gave a small tour of the city square. He shown us the cathedral of St....
Young Norbertines in France Day 10
Day 10: Today's adventures was brought to you by Br. Lucas! Unfortunately, Br. Patricio was hard at work most of the day (aside for main meal shared) and was not able to partake in any of the excursions that were to take place. Lucas embarked in a journey to see the...
Young Norbertines in France Day 8 & 9
Day 8: Back in Mondaye, we begin another days routine of liturgies. Today's main highlight was a lecture on the history and spirituality of the vow formula presented by Fr. Gabriel Wolf, postulator of our order. By the end of the day we ended the day with a farewell...
Young Norbertines in France Day 7
Day 7: After our excursion in Prémontré, we had lodged in Soisson for the night. So, this morning, we started off the day with the important part of our daily rhythm of our life, morning prayer and breakfast. Then we were off to our first destination, which is in...
Young Norbertines in France-Days 3, 4, 5, 6
Day 3: After a good night's rest, we began our trek to the Abbey of Mondaye, just 9 miles south of Normandy. We took a train from Paris to Normandy and were welcomed by our confréres of Mondaye. As the day progressed, more and more Norbertines from around the world...