Order of Prémontré
Necrologium

ST. NORBERT ABBEY
DE PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
Rev. Norbert J. Corley, O. Praem.
b. Friday, Feb. 7, 1868 – d. Thursday, Sept. 13, 1945

Our brother Norbert Corley was born in Castlablaney, Ireland in 1868.  He immigrated to the United States in 1889 and joined the Holy Cross congregation at Notre Dame in 1895.

After teaching as a layman at St. Norbert College in 1902, he was vested as a novice, making his solemn profession in 1907.  He was ordained that same year and while teaching at the college was the first resident chaplain at Our Lady of Charity Convent in Green Bay.

Negotiations by Abbot Pennings with the archbishop of Vancouver to take over an Italian parish resulted in Norbert’s becoming pastor of Sacred Heart there in July of 1927.   By October, he was transferred to Powell River in West Vancouver and by 1935, he was pastor in both places. 

In 1938, Norbert retired to the novitiate in Madison.  His ascetic life and long hours of prayer were inspiring to the novices who considered him a living Saint.  Norbert died Thursday, Sept. 13, 1945 at the age of 77.  

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Memento, Domine, 
Fratrum et Sororum Nostrorum,
Qui Nos Praecesserunt
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Remember, Lord
our brothers and sisters
who have preceeded us
and now sing in Your Presence.
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Rappelez-vous, Seigneur,
nos confrères et consoeurs
qui nous ont précédés
et chantez maintenant dans Votre Ciel
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Gedenk, Heer, 
Onze Medebroeders u. Medezustern
Die Ons Zijn Voorgegaan
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Erinnern Sie Sich, Herr, 
Unsere Mitbrüder und Mitschwestern, 
die vor uns gegangen sind,
In Ihrer Anwesenheit zu singen
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Recuerde, Señor,
nuestros hermanos y hermanas,
que nos han precedido
y ahora cante en su cielo
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Recorde, Senhor,
nossos irmãos e irmãs
que nos precederam
e cante agora em Seu Céu.
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as we pray for you.