Reading & Resources for Families

SUGGESTED READING:

St. Norbert and the Norbertine Order:

• The Eternal Pilgrim: A Life of Saint Norbert by Dominique-Marie Dauzet, O. Praem.
  • The best place to begin! An engaging introduction to our Holy Father St. Norbert and our Order's founding
• A Treasury of Norbertine Wisdom
  • A booklet of excerpts from Norbertine spiritual authors and exhortations of the Popes to the Norbertine Order)
• A Crucified Heart: A Novel of Saint Herman Joseph by Wilhelm Hünermann
• The Spirituality of the Premonstratensians in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by François Petit, O. Praem

Religious Life/Cloistered Life:

• A Right to be Merry by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.
• Vita consecrata by Pope St. John Paul II
• “Why Enclosed Nuns?” by Dom Bruno Webb, O.S.B.
• “My Priesthood and a Stranger” from Adoration, Reparation, Spiritual Motherhood for Priests by the Congregatio pro Cleris, 2007
• The Shadow of His Wings by Gereon Goldmann, O.F.M.

For Children:

• An Alphabet of Saints by Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson
  • Includes “N” for Saint Norbert!
• Sister Clare Gets Ready for Prayer by Katie Warner
  • A lovely introduction to monastery life for small children
• Of Bells and Cells: The World of Monks, Friars, Sisters, and Nuns by M. Cristina Borges
  • Illustrated introduction to the religious life for all ages; unfortunately Norbertine Canons and Canonesses are not included

PRAYERS:

• St. Norbert, Patron of Expectant Mothers and Couples Desiring to Conceive
• St. Gilbert, Patron of Sick Children (coming soon)
• Litany of St. Norbert
• “O Priest!” St. Norbert's Words to Priests
• Litany of Abundant Thanksgiving (Promoted by our Norbertine Bl. James Kern)

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Our Daily Life in Photos
• Stages to Become a Norbertine Canoness
• Norbertine Saints
• Downloadable Children's Coloring Page
• The Abbot's Circle 
  • Faith Formation Resources from our Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey
• Always a Catholic: How to Keep Your Kids in the Faith for Life & Bring Them Back If They Have Strayed by Sebastian Walshe, O. Praem.