OK, I have questions

After a week spent moving the summer issue of the magazine to print and the July edition of @St. Norbert to its editor, while also helping our team find the personable and unified voice we intend for our new website…

Mississippi learning

Some stories stick in your mind long after their publication date. You hope they may have had a similar impact on a handful of readers, too. All the same, you don’t expect them to end up as pieces in an…

Cutting edge

Our friend Tony Walter (and a 1969 alum of St. Norbert) published his final column in yesterday’s Green Bay Press-Gazette. Summing up his 45-year career with great perspective, he keeps it real with this perfect anecdote: “Speaking to a second-grade…

Acquiring the abbey habit

After taking part in a study tour of Norbertine houses in Europe, I was afraid that all might become lost in a 10-day blur. But, nine Norbertine communities later, I cherish the memory of each – in large part because,…

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…