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Archive for December, 2007

The Birth of the Order 886 years ago

On Christmas Day 1121 Our Holy Father Norbert and his companions made their profession at Prémontré. 

“Indeed many religious men, both bishops and abbots, had advised him in various ways, one suggesting the eremitic life, another that of an anchorite, still another to take up the lifestyle of the Cistercians. But Norbert, whose work and plans depended on [...]

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The Saints and Blesseds of Our Order

We are pleased to make available this mini-dictionaryof Norbertine Saints and Blesseds.

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Christmas Mass Times At St. Chad’s

Monday 24th Christmas Eve
Confessions 11 a.m. - 12 noon
Mass 12.20 p.m.
Confessions 11 p.m. - 11.45 p.m.
Midnight Mass
Christmas Day
9 a.m. Dawn Mass of Christmas
10 a.m. Premonstratensian Rite Mass
11.30 a.m. High Mass of Christmas Day
5 p.m. Vespers and Benediction

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Carols for Gaudete

On Sunday 17th December a service of carols and readings took place at St. Chad’s in preparation for the coming Feast of the Holy Nativity of Our Lord.

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Papal Vespers

On Saturday 1st December this year our two juniors studying in Rome, Br. Bernard Sudlow O.Praem and Br. Ambrose Barlow Lawler O.Praem has the great privilege of serving Vespers for the Holy Father in St. Peter’s. They are pictured below with other students of the Norbertine Generalate who served at this splendid occasion.

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