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The Abbot's Circle is a passionate group of monthly givers committed to supporting the future of the Church through the various life-changing ministries of the Norbertine Fathers at St. Michael's Abbey. These generous souls are people like you, from more than fourteen countries around the world, giving what they can to pass on a stronger Church to their children and grandchildren. In gratitude for your support, the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey created a vast digital library - a place to get Catholic content that will nourish you spiritually. BECOME A MEMBERRecently Added
The Visitation
It can happen that when we desire something good with all our heart, and pray for it longer than we can remember, yet without attaining it, we can then enter a kind of malaise, a detachment so thorough that it enters natural despair. Sure, God could do it, but He obviously won’t. And then He does—so wonderfully, so amazingly, so unbelievably that our only reaction is to hide away.
Parasceve Domini
“So marred was His look beyond human resemblance, and His appearance beyond that of mortals. There was in Him no stately bearing to make us look at Him, nor appearance that would attract us to Him.”
Holy Thursday
Listen to the homily by Abbot Eugene J. Hayes, O.Praem.
Novena to Our Lady
of the
Holy Rosary

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Enjoy a vast collection of thought-provoking written reflections from the Norbertine Fathers in the Abbot's Circle written library.
Recommended Videos
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City of Saints: The Architect
Watch Episode 7 from the City of Saints series.

What is the Trinity?
Fr. Charbel speaks of the central mystery of Christianity: the Blessed Trinity.
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