As we mark the feast of St. Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers, we also recall a venerable tradition that holds that St. Dominic was a member of the Premonstratensian Order, specifically that he was a sub-deacon at the Spanish Abbey of La Vid. The Dominican statues take much influence from the early statutes [...]
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St. Dominic and the Order of Prémontré
Posted in Former Houses, Norbertine History, O.Praem Saints and Beati on August 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Blessed Hroznata
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on July 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Today we commemorate the life of Blessed Hroznata, martyr of our Order. Hroznata was born of noble parents in Bohemia around 1170. His mother consecrated him to the care of the Blessed Virgin from his birth. Although he appeared to be a still-born child, his mother’s trust in the Virgin Mary’s intercession brought Hroznata both [...]
The Martyrs of Gorcum
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on July 9, 2008 | Comments Off
The 9th July commemorates the Martyrs of Gorcum, amongst whom were two priests of our Order, Adrian and James.
Adrian Jansen and James LaCoupe were both Norbertine canons from the Dutch Abbey of Middleburg. Adrian was born in 1529 at Hilvarenbeck (whence the Latinized surname “Becan”, which is sometimes used to avoid confusion with other Jansens). [...]
The Triumph of St. Norbert
Posted in Norbertine History, O.Praem Saints and Beati, St. Norbert on May 30, 2008 | Comments Off
Saturday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart was marked in the rite of our Order as the feast of the ‘Triumph of St. Norbert’. This feast recalls the zeal exercised by Our Holy Father Norbert in defending and strengthening the doctrine of the Real Presence, which was strenuously tested in the north of Belgium about the year 1124. [...]
The Sacred Heart
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on May 29, 2008 | Comments Off
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart invites us to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for all the manifold sins which cause that Heart such pain. St. Hermann Joseph, whose feast we celebrated last week was the first to write a devotional hymn to the Sacred Heart. May he and all the saints of the Order [...]
Martyrs of Nová Riše
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on May 29, 2008 | Comments Off
On 29th May we remember the martyrs of the abbey of Nová Riše, Abbot Paulus Soucek, Prior Laurentius Novotny, Fr. Norbert Hrachovsky, Fr. Sigismund Zabehlicky and Fr. Siard Nevrkla who were put to death for their faith by the Nazis at Auschwitz.
Corpus Christi & St. Juliana of Liège
Posted in Norbertine History, O.Praem Saints and Beati on May 25, 2008 | Comments Off
Corpus Christi is the titular feast of our canonry. We marked this occasion on with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Chad’s which began with Mass of the Solemnity in the Premonstratensian Rite and was followed by all day Exposition. One of the patrons of our canonry Saint Juliana of Liège, a Premonstratensian nun [...]
Emilia Podoska
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on May 22, 2008 | Comments Off
Emily Podoska (1845-1889) entered the Norbertine convent of Krakow at age 25; after three years of teaching, she directed the Zwierzniec Cloister school for five years. Beginning in 1886 she became the novicemistress. In day-to-day life she distinguished herself through conscientiousness and diligence, and in her religious life through a deep love for the Eucharist [...]
The Translation of St. Norbert
Posted in Norbertine History, O.Praem Saints and Beati, St. Norbert on May 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Saint Norbert was originally buried at Magdeburg, the church he had governed as archbishop. At the time of the so-called Reformation the cathedral fell into the hands of the followers of Martin Luther. The pain felt by the Order at this usurpation of the tomb of their revered founder is well recorded by the chronicler Du [...]
St. Ludolph
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on April 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Today marks the memorial of St. Ludolph, bishop and martyr of the Premonstratensian Order, partiuclarly invoked as a martyr for the freedom of the Church. Nothing is known of the early years of Ludolph. He joined the Norbertine Cathedral Chapter of Ratzeburg where he was treasurer before being elected eighth bishop of Ratzeburg in 1236. [...]
