Month: May 2012

Blogging Norbertine

Julie Friedman (Misson & Student Affairs) is the official blogger of our seminar group as we tour Norbertine abbeys in Central Europe. Her photos of the group from the college are marvelous, and she captures some of the sense of…

Crowning glory

The man at the information desk had told me the room housing the Caravaggios was closed today, so when I stepped into Salon Five the shock of recognition was all the more intense. It is just four weeks since I…

I slept like a bishop

The book of daily meditations thoughtfully provided in my room at Leffe Abbey opens at today’s date and Matthew 7:7. I knocked, and the door was opened to me. And what a door it is! Instead of the guest-house cell…

Eight weeks in

Well, we gave ourselves eight weeks and, throughout March and April, intern Nicole Jagielski ‘12 and I have challenged ourselves to get this blog up and running. Nicole took the lead and, in this guest post, she reflects on the…

May 2012 @ a glance

Out this morning, the May edition of @St. Norbert.  In this issue: Main Hall’s cupola hoopla; Bud Selig; and the track and field team’s first home meet since the Carter administration. Enjoy!