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In preparation for the Feast of St. Norbert on June 6, join this virtual pilgrimage with the Norbertines as they read to you the life of their founder.
Join us for this month-long reading of The Eternal Pilgrim: A Life of St. Norbert. You'll receive daily emails with the audiobook recordings, as well as communications from the Abbot's Circle and St. Michael's Abbey.
Sinner to Saint. Ordinary to Extraordinary. As relevant today as he was a millennium ago, St. Norbert’s life shows us the heroic adventure in living for Christ which takes joy, struggle, failure and victory in its stride. Walk with us as we strive to imitate his virtues, let his life inspire us to greater things, and complete our own conversions from sinners to saints!
Join the Norbertines of St. Michael’s Abbey for this unique program as we prepare together for the feast of St. Norbert on June 6th.
Captivated by the original French story, our confreres translated Petite Vie de Saint Norbert into English for the first time. Wanting to broaden the reach of this exemplary saint, we designed this special offer specifically for our online community so that by going deeper into the life of St. Norbert, you will find the inspiration for conversion of heart and joy in the hope of lasting holiness.
We challenge you to make the pilgrimage: take time every day to prepare for this feast. Now is the acceptable time! Know of our prayers for you as we prepare together for the feast of a saint so dear to our community.
Fr. Dominique-Marie Dauzet, O.Praem., a French Norbertine and canon of the Abbey of Mondaye in Normandy, France, wrote a book titled Petite vie de saint Norbert, first published in 1995 and again in a second edition in 2013. In 1996 this work was awarded the prix Montyon by the Académie française commending it for its “elevated character and moral usefulness.”
Fr. Norbert introduced this book to the novices of St. Michael’s Abbey in 2022, with his own English translation under the title The Eternal Pilgrim: A life of St. Norbert. The book was read as table reading at the Abbey’s 2023 annual retreat and was received by the community with an enthusiasm never before seen regarding a book about St. Norbert.
Fr. Abbot and the confreres wanted to share this amazing book about their Founder with family and friends online. The Abbot’s Circle is now making the first ever English translation of this book available to the abbey’s online community of friends through this program.
Get daily emails with links to the audio recordings from the book, read by Fr. Norbert, culminating on the eve of the Feast of St. Norbert.
Each Sunday for the duration of the program, get exclusive access to Fr. Ambrose's recent trip to France to interview the author, Fr. Dauzet.
The Abbot's Circle is a first-of-its-kind virtual monastery—an evolving, curated library that offers an inside look at the artistic, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual work that the Norbertines of St. Michael’s Abbey carry out each day for the praise and honor of God.
Hidden in the stillness of southern California’s desert mountains, St. Michael’s Abbey goes about a timeless and supernatural mission: the common worship of God. This is a place for all to encounter the unfathomable beauty of God and to enter into the mystery of His unrelenting love.
Against a culture in ever desperate need for beauty, St. Michael’s Abbey stands as a refuge for reverent liturgy, inspiring art, and captivating sacred music and chant. Through our work, we are laying the foundation for the sanctification of our society and a renewal in our Church.
