The US first community of cloistered Norbertine nuns gets a new home – Catholic World Report
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Norbertine nuns monastery expansion blessed – Catholic World Report
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The Life of St. Norbert was recently published by the Norbertine Canonesses of the Bethlehem Priory of St Joseph of Tehachapi, California on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the establishment of the Norbertine Order in 1121. (Images courtesy of the Bethlehem Priory of St Joseph)
The Norbertine Canonesses of the Bethlehem Priory of St Joseph of Tehachapi, California have released a new book about the founder of their community:
th anniversary of the establishment of the Norbertine Order in 1121.
Norbert was born in what is today southwestern Germany, served as a bishop and was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. His Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, or Norbertines, reside in communities throughout the world. Some of the communities, including the one near Tehachapi, are of women, whose members are called canonesses or Norbertine nuns. The Tehachapi community was founded in 2000, and is served by Norbertine priests of St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado.