News & Media
FirstFruits Newsletter
Articles
On the Vocation of the Norbertine Canoness
- Spiritual Worship and the Canonesses of Prémontré (Communicator, December 2014)
- Spiritual Motherhood and the Day of Pentecost (Communicator, December 2015)
- You are Not Alone: Our Monastic Practice of Midnight Matins (September 2025)
News & Blog Articles
- Zeale - How a misunderstood midnight prayer by Norbertine nuns became a quiet source of comfort for mothers (published April 2026)
- Catholic News Agency - The California nuns who raise dogs, make cheese, and pray always (published March 2025)
- Catholic World Report - Norbertine nuns mark 900th anniversary of Order with biography of founder (published January 2021)
- Marcus Allen Steele - Norbertine Canonesses: The Fourth Wonder of My World (posted November 2019)
- Lisa Hendey - Give Remarkable Gifts this Christmas Season (posted October 2019)
- Marcus Allen Steele - Civilization in Crisis (posted January 2019)
- Marcus Allen Steele - The Hidden Warrior Nuns of Tehachapi (posted February 2018)
- Catholic World Report - California's Norbertine Canonesses Celebrate 20 Years in the Mountains (published November 2017)
- Catholic World Report - Norbertine nuns’ monastery expansion blessed (published July 2013)
- Catholic World Report - The US’ first community of cloistered Norbertine nuns gets a new home (published April 2012)
Other Media
- Norbertine Canonesses Monastery Building Project (aired November 2024)
- A Vignette of Life at the Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph (aired October 2024)
- KGET News Piece (aired August 2015)
- KNXT Special - A Blessing for the Sisters (aired August 2013)
- KGET Special Report - Sisters of the Mountain (aired May 9, 2013)
- KNXT - Norbertine Sisters in America, Part 1 (aired February 2011)
- KNXT - Norbertine Sisters in America, Part 2 (aired February 2011)
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