 Interior view of the church of St. Norbert Abbey, facing the Great West Window | |
  Location within Wisconsin  St. Norbert Abbey (the United States) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Order of Premontre (O.Praem.) |
| Established | 1898[1] |
| Mother house | Berne Abbey |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Bernard H. Pennings, O.Praem |
| Abbot | Dane J. Radecki, O.Praem. |
| Prior | Bradley Vanden Branden, O.Praem. |
| Site | |
| Location | De Pere, Wisconsin, USA |
| Coordinates | 44°27′28″N 88°02′43″W / 44.457808°N 88.045142°W |
| Public access | Yes |
| Website | www |
St. Norbert Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery of Canons Regular of Premontre, located in De Pere, Wisconsin. The Abbey is named after Saint Norbert of Xanten (c. 1180–1134), the founder of the order, after whom, members are known as, "Norbertines". St. Norbert Abbey was established in 1898 by Norbertines from Berne Abbey in the Netherlands. St. Norbert's is the oldest religious community of its kind in the United States, serving as the Mother Canonry to Norbertines across North America.
The Abbey is situated on 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land east of the Fox River,[2] south of Green Bay, Wisconsin, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.[2]
The members of the community combine a monastic-style life with the active ministry of ordained priests. Priests and Brothers of the Abbey serve in parish churches, at parochial schools and at St. Norbert College, whose founder, Bernard Pennings, was the First Abbot the community.
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- ^ a b St. Norbert Abbey 1959, p. 101