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St. Philip's Priory, Chelmsford, England
  • Pilgrimage to Walsingham
    Yesterday, a number of the brethren went on pilgrimage to Walsingham with our parishes of the Holy Name of Jesus and Our Lady Immaculate, and the wonderful Mary Mother of God Chelmsford praesidium of the Legion of Mary. It was … Continue reading →
  • Corpus Christi
    On Sunday 15th June the Priory and our parishes in Chelmsford together held the second annual Corpus Christi Procession. Last year’s procession was a great success, and thus we were delighted that several hundred of our parishioners could come to join us … Continue reading →
  • Norbertines on the Med
    Today’s saint, St Barnabas, Our Blessed Lord and the novice all have something in common: that is, they were all born in the same diocese (by current geographic reckoning, of course). St Barnaby and I were both Cypriot-born (Cyprus being within the … Continue reading →
  • Solemn High Mass for Feast of OHF Norbert
     There you shall taste those never-ending delights which God has prepared for your consolation and for that of all His elect.  There shall the wholesome fountain of God’s garden refresh you; there the overflowing wells of living waters shall revivify … Continue reading →
Prayers to Saint Norbert

Little Office of St. Norbert
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You Are My Order...

“You are my Order. Just as bishops have their canons delegated to offer public prayer in their diocese, in the same way you are my canons, not just for one diocese, but for the universal Church.”

- Pope Pius XI

St. Norbert on the Priesthood

O Priest, who are you?
You are not yourself because you are God
You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ.
You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church.
You are not yourself because you are the mediator between God and man.
You are not from yourself because you are nothing.
What then are you? Nothing and everything.
O Priest!
Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you:
"He saved others, himself he cannot save!"

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