California's New Abbey, St. Michael's Abbey, Defying the Odds | EWTN News In Depth August 18, 2023
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- Step inside California's new $120 million dollar St. Michael's Abbey and meet the men there living this monastic life.
St. Michael’s Abbey in Orange County, California was founded in 1961 by seven Hungarian priests who fled communism. They are part of the Norbertine order, with a history going back 900-years. The Fathers live a common life of liturgical prayer and care for souls. The abbey in Orange County consists of over fifty priests and nearly forty seminarians studying for the priesthood.
The Norbertine Order was founded by St. Norbert in 1121 A.D. and is one of the oldest Catholic orders in the world. The Norbertines serve communities around the world, and their mission is to live in common life and to care for souls through education and the preaching.
EWTN's Colm Flynn was given a rare look inside St. Michael's Abbey, the newest abbey in the world.
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I actually lived 5 minutes away from the abbey and attended it every weekend with my neighbors because my parents aren’t Catholic, I just moved away a month ago and miss it so much, I will never again experience anything like it. Thanks Francesca and Jake for showing me this abbey and encouraging me to convert to Catholicism, I finish my conversion this year and can’t be more happy!
God has truly blessed you in your Conversion. Please encourage others also. ❤️🔥✝️
You are so fortunate 🫨🫨🫨🐣💕💕💕💕💕💕
I'm proud to be a catholic seeing these priests is inspiring
I am proud to be Roman Catholic, too. 🙏🙏
@@GerardPedrico 👍
It's very inspiring to see how beautiful this holy Abbey is. I never knew of the existence of this religious order I'm ashamed to admit. May God continue to bless you with more young priests as you shine a light in the darkness. And may St Michael the Archangel protect you always. 🙏🌄✝️🕯️
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The music of the Norbertines is beautiful.
Amen!✝️🕊🙏📿💖
Soooooo Serenity and Heavenly.
God bless you all.
A lot of banging going on in there for sure.
It is so uplifting to hear news like this, a beacon of light that shines in the darkness of today's headlines.
Correct ❤
I went to that Abbey like 2 weeks ago and it was BEAUTIFUL 😭
Im planning to go there.. I hear a lot of people saying it’s beautiful
Wherever the entirety of the faith is promoted, without false compromise with the world. Vocations are growing and especially the young are attracted. We truly have to pray that one day also our leaders will see that.
Our country needs new, righteous leaders to clean out the DC swamp
@@a.f.7246 I’m more for separating from the world.
I was very blessed to have attended St Michael's College Prep High School 1996-2000 and seen many of these priests develop and grow in their formation. I hope they reopen the school again. I would not have been so grounded in and kept my Catholic faith without their example and teaching. I am so glad they have grown. May God continue to prosper the good work of this order.
Saint Michael's Abby is exactly what the City of Angels needs. I predict that in years to come it will prove a most valuable and vital resource and institute for the city and for Orange County as a whole.
and the Norbertines have opened a new Priory in Springfield, IL, and we are thrilled to have them with us.
Fr. Ambrose is the best. He has a beautiful voice. He used to be in our local parish of Sts. Peter and Paul and is one of the priests that recently moved to Springfield. If you can, I highly recommend you attend his Women’s retreat!
@@evelynmom2902 i don't know him, but i have been to St. Michael Abbey in CA. It is a beautiful and edifying place.
You’re truly blessed in Springfield. You have one of the best bishops in the world to boot.
@@ljones436 yes. we dont have to wonder what religion our Bishop is. We know he is Catholic, for sure.
@@ljones436 and the Bishop is going to build a Shrine for St. Gianna in Springfield.
Praying for the Restoration of Traditional Latin Mass
We need more priests so desperately, they are in my prayers. Such a beautiful place
God bless you from England.
No church in CA beats this one... If only every church was like this we'd have more people on fire for Christ
Possibly but you would also have many people of the church, a ton of Protestants saying you don’t need such things to praise God. But maybe we could save more men, which ultimately seeing many strong men would bring more people to God. This country is going down the drain because we have so many weak men.
God bless and protect our Norbertine Warriors!!! Young people want tradition and REAL Catholicism.
it is great to see a religious community growing and thriving. May God bless you all
How wonderful! There is also a Ukrainian Catholic monastery north of that in Oregon. They go out and bless the ocean once a year. Holy Transfiguration Monastery.
Greek Orthodox priests bless the waters on the Epihany. This includes throwing a cross into the water, which boys and young men compete to retrieve it.
That is great,just what California an the whole United States needs,if the Church straitens it's act up the United States with straiten it's act up,we need an Abbey in every state in the union like this Abbey,God Bless the Priests an Seminarian's,what a gift God has given us.
God has given us Jesus. He is the only gift you need
God Bless California. May Saint Junipero Serra pray for peace and holiness in California.
It's not the buildings and architecture that we put our main focus on, but Catholicism does have the most inspiring churches, abbeys, cathedrals, artwork, etc. No other Christian denomination in America has what Catholics have when it comes to sheer beauty and the feeling that once inside these holy temples, you automatically feel holier and closer to Jesus than anywhere else other than the Holy Land. If you didn't catch it, Texas A&M just a few weeks ago dedicated a brand new church on their campus in College Station...and it is marvelous.
How beautiful it is to see the truth and majesty of our Catholic faith being promoted in this blessed Abbey! Everything said in this video by the Priests (and the angelic chanting) is music to my ears and balm to my aching heart. May God bless and reward all these Priests and Seminarians! 🙏🙏🙏
Inspiring to see this beautiful oasis of spiritual light in a dark place.
God bless 🙏
This is a remarkable video. Thank you. You captured the spirit of these dedicated and humble and brilliant and penitent Norbertines. You are right. This is a miracle. Fleeing the communists to Orange County and a desert with trailers and then 50 years later this God-brought beauty with the relics of home throughout the altars. Miracle sfter miracle happened to get to this abbey. I kneel nearly the moment I enter. You are humbled. There is hope there.
I live in Orange County and I’m so, sooooo proud of our St. Michael Abbey. Just as others have said, once you enter the Church you feel like you’re in Rome. It is beautiful!! My family and friends I bring there admire the Abbey.
Thank you so much to the Norbertine priests, we keep you in our prayers, God bless you abundantly 🙏🙏🙏.
Let me ask you something..........Im planning on visiting the abbey and staying for a couple of days for a personal retreat, is it difficult to get to? I mean is it served by public transport? I'll be flying in to california and from there Im not really sure the best way is to get to the abbey.
@@eoinMB3949if you fly into John Wayne airport in Orange County and maybe rent a car you can easily drive to Abby 30-45 min drive depending on traffic. You will love the Abby . God Bless
--a place of pilgrimage for us ~~
No public transportation is available. The best way to get to the abbey is to fly to Orange County/ Santa Ana airport, get a rental car, and drive. It will take 30 to 50 minutes to get to the abbey depending on what route you take.
@@eoinMB3949I used to live there, no public transportation is available
I'm eastern orthodox, and love to see the byzantine style of mosaics become more and more common in catholic churches!
byzantine... it's just the ancient style, have you ever visited ancient churches in Rome or around Italy? We have the most beautiful and most ancient examples of this kind of mosaics, and they are in the LATIN church, That's not something typical of the East.
western churches uses classical art not byzatine if you put them side by side byzatine art looks wonky compared to classical art
I went to St. Michael's for the first time last month... I was in tears for some reason after I had recieved communion. It's the first time in my life where I've felt God's presence tangible in my heart. I thank the fathers and monks for this most reverent parish and mass.
Also I believe some relics such as cloth from our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph are housed there.
The presence of the Holy Spirit
Beautiful place where you will find peace and hope
The Lord is definitely working in this evil times!
you and your ilk are the only evil i see.
I'm so elated to learn there is this vibrant oasis of faith in California. Praying for many more vocations for the consecrated life.
So beautiful!
In these terrible times for the Church, when even Rome seems to have lost its way, it is good to see the faith of these friars!
Well said, "If we keep our eyes on Jesus, we'll not lose hope."
God bless them all🙏 The Spirit of God at work!
Loud and proud Catholic from PH. Loving Father in heaven thank you for the gift of Life, the gift of Faith, and the gift of Family.
This is a wonderful and encouraging video. The sacraments are not Latin sacraments!! They are the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. As long as we get them, that is the main thing. The St Michael’s Abbey is wonderful. May the Lord bless and protect them. 🙏
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
Amen! Amen! Amen!
Thank you . Thank you for sharing this story. Viva Cristo Rey. Glory to God in the highest forever and ever. Just beautiful for the glory of our Creator.
Amazingly beautiful.
I love this abbey, and I loved this film. Anyone who hasn't visited St. Michael's has a joyful experience waiting for them.
Looks beautiful. Do these priests offer the traditional mass?
Orthodoxy brings vocations.Folk masses and liberalism kills them.
Thank you for sharing this info. Their sentiments resonate with my spirit. Their priestly reverence for God beckons my soul to visit.
Next Monday, I plan to drive to St. Michael’s abbey, hoping to experience the serenity away from the chaos of Los Angeles way of living.
The future of Catholicism. Oh how we need this vision in ireland. 🙏
I’ve been here many times for Mass! What a blessing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
St. Michael's Abbey looks incredible! what a huge blessing
I went for the first time recently and it was being renovated; I can’t wait to return and experience this beautiful holy place in its fullness 🙏❤️🙏
Warm thoughts and prayers to all at St. Michael's!
May countless souls be saved by the Norbertines of St. Michael's Abbey! May our souls be as white as their immaculate soutane! May all the Latin Traditional sacraments flourish beyond Orange County and to any corner of the world where Jesus & Mary are welcomed!
I’m not exactly sure what are the “traditional Latin sacraments.
Having been acquainted with this particular abbey since they were teachers at my high school and moving forward, I can tell you, that they certainly celebrate the sacraments with great reverence, but make no mistake, they are not clinging to the past, and embracing the radical traditional ideology, rather they are embracing the true intent of Vatican II, which includes retaining substantial elements of Latin in their Novus Ordo Masses and practicing the liturgy of the hours, according to the ancient rites of the Church.
They opened a second church in Illinois the other day. PRAISED BE TO GOD!
Amen
Amen ❤🙏🏼
God bless and protect all the Norbetine priests and seminarians of St Michael’s New Abbey. You’re in our prayers for your dedicated mission serving Jesus.
We are beyond blessed to have Canons from this beautiful Abbey serving the pilgrims and local community at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI. 🥰🙏🏼
The growth in traditional Catholicism gives us all hope thanks be to God 🙏
Wow...lovely..so happy to hear about this new Abbey
Fr Francis who is from this community and used to serve San Secondo in Guasti was a pillar of light and hope that helped bring me back to the faith. I am so grateful for his charity. May God continue to bless this community of Shepards 🙏🏼💕💯
Thank you for videos like this! Never knew about this abbey. I’m so proud of being a young Catholic ❤️🔥💒 our Church DOES have a future!
I thought traditionalists were supposed to be rigid. They look young to me, looks like the next generation.
So beautiful, continue to pray for vocations!
Absolutely! It's a miracle 😊❤
Praise God for this new Abbey .
Best news ever, thank you Lord Jesus
That’s inspiring. I guess now I have to stop hoping California breaks off at the San Andreas fault and sinks into the ocean.
California has always been quite Catholic. But you won't hear that on Fox News.
The state was founded by Franciscan monks.
Wonderful news! Thank you for sharing this.
God bless the Abbey. I belonged to this Order at one time at a different Abbey. St. Michael's was a small Independent Priory back then. While the other Abbeys in the USA have become smaller with few vocations, St. Michael's thrives. I look forward one day to visit the new Abbey and Abbot Eugene.
THANK you for St Michael Abbey. I am sharing the early morning Prayer, which is a SONG: "My Beloved FATHER, Thy Kingdom come on earth. As it is in Heaven, be though our FATHER. Be always our Eternal FATHER, do not leave our soul. Do not abandon us our FATHER. For we are your children to please THEE, to adore THEE, to Honor THEE. Living our days as Thou has given us the License to live IT!" This Prayer was Originally given to a Sup Gen Mother Eugenia E Ravasio who was able to establish 67 Convents in 6 yrs. Her Prayer, "Through Him, With Him and In Him" has received a PARTIAL INDULGENCE. / How I wish that Sup Gen Mother EUGENIA Elisabetta RAVASIO of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, 1935-1947, be raised to the level of the Blessed Ones. She is still different from already Blessed Sis Eugenia Ravasio of the Sacred Heart. They are two different persons.
Makes my heart soar.
Worth the visit. It is truly heaven on Earth.
What a Beautiful Abby. I live here in California, I have to come see this Beautiful and amazing place here. God Bless you all..
Amen! 🙏
Well done Colm. I have been to the Abby... absolutely stunning!
Bless this Abbey more for the work they’re doing
This is really heavenly music to my ears. PRAISED BE OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!
“I never lose hope.” What beautiful words.
That gives Hope 2us all - Worldwide!
God Bless the men in St. Michael's Abbey!
"TRUSTING IN JESUS!"
Trusting in U - 2 light the way 2Christ in Ca. AMEN!
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What a slice of Heaven on earth.Praised be God Our Lord for ever.Amen!
Great reporting and inspirational video. Ennis must be proud of you.
❤ 'If we keep our eyes on Jesus, we never lose hope' ❤ so needed to hear this today, thank you !
God hold them up and use them for Your Glory in this dark world....May the glorious Light of Your Son shine through them
So powerful....so needed today. Please send these Norbitines over to Germany to teach a thing or two to those Bishops!
4:19 - 4:33 Perfectly said. If we are truly faithful Catholics we have nothing to fear on this earth because we have an all powerful Father in Heaven who loves us. The suffering we have here on earth is nothing compared to eternal damnation. Don't lose hope, take up your cross, and follow Jesus Christ.
Communites that remained " traditional" are flourishing. For example the Dominican Sisters of Mary of the Eurcharist. Orders that became "woke" and took off their habits are dying.
go away
@@tranny5 With such a moniker as yours, it sounds like it's *YOU* that needs to go away, REPENT (including of your "transgenderism"!!!) and spend some serious time grieving over your sins - and then return when you've truly changed totally from what you seem to be nowadays!!
DOWN with "Vatican II" and ALL Modernism including the current ANTI-Pope "Francis" and go back to the days before 1958 (Pius XII seems to have been the last truly-worthy pope, with Benedict XVI also trying to be of that calibre). If *ever* I were to become a Catholic, it would have to likely be via the SSPX.
Apparently, Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)'s intended successor was meant to be Giuseppe Siri, who in fact had been chosen in the 1958 Conclave and took the name Gregory XVII, but then the vote was annulled somehow or other by the modernists who pushed through Giuseppe Roncalli to become John XXIII instead. Had it been Siri (Gregory XVII), he would have ruled the Romanist Church *FAR DIFFERENTLY* and cleansed it of its heretics like Roncalli (Giovanni-Battista Montini almost certainly would not have had the chance to be made a cardinal, let alone become Paul VI) and all too many others - and after him, Ratzinger would have been able to be a more efficacious and successful Pontiff...
Beautiful....pray for our priests
Amen
Wonderful and inspiring story, that promotes hope for the future.
Wow - God at work.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Amen. 😇
AMEN to this!!!💪🙏✝️❤️
So happy our brothers and sisters in Orange County to experience such resplendent beauty amidst a perverse place like California. I wish to visit this beautiful Abbey one day :) it's very beautiful!
u r a cl0wn
More of this and keep spreading Christianity. More Churches
Tradition Catholicism is flourishing. It's the boring "relevant " Catholicism that is dying which is why the Synod on Synodality is a cancer
conservatives like you are the real cancer in this world
That’s why Francis needs to stomp it out
@@tranny5-. Cut the psych pills in half.
Like heaven on 🌎 . ❤
beautiful, i always look forward to their social media post
Gives me such hope to see our beautiful faith, art, song and traditions being preserved and flourishing! Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto❤️🙏❤️
Beautiful place and charism of bringing souls to Christ. Live the authentic Catholic life of virtues against the vices of this world. Great documentary. God bless!
"It's what the world needs!" May St. Michael protect them all, through the power of God, and help them to grow in faith!
I'm guessing TLM? Praise the Lord! It helps that they look like angels amongst men in their glorious whites.
Not exactly TLM as it was in the "good ole days", but rather a particular use of the Latin Rite just for themselves like with the Dominicans, Benedictines, Discalced Carmelites and a few more. Do not confuse those "traditional" Catholics with those more or less sedevacantist separatist rad trads out there. These ones are deeply in communion with Rome and they don't see themselves as the unique exclusive way of doing Church.
@SanctusPaulus-ic5gl Because that was the soft tone of the question, sir!... Simply the fact is that it is not, hence I said "not exactly TLM". Some orders do have the right to perform an official "use" of the Latin rite that is quite similar to the TLM. One of those orders is the Dominicans. I had a monastery of them where I lived back in the day with such an "use" of the Latin right like that, and they were very "left leaning" in Church positions to say the very least... And their Masses were always full. So; you're right. The vast majority of "TLM" followers are not sedevacantists... But watch for the question's soft tone, please!...
@nunagoras Actually there are two orders that say the Latin Mass exclusively and are in full communion with Rome. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter ( FSSP) and the Institute of Christ the King.
@@psallen5099 Yes, I forgot those, thanks.
I don’t understand your distinction between Mass in the good ole days and the particular usages such as this which also existed already in the good ole days.
Also, sedevacantism is extremely rare. Even the SSPX is not sedevacantist.
Love it!
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and this kind of stuff is epic, It is so pleasing seeing brothers in Christ able to freely worship especially during a time Christianity is frowned upon by so many
Much needed especially in California today, Reclaim California to God❤
Beautiful!
The Norbertines are awesome! They look like little popes!
Signs of rebirth in our Church. Praise and Glory to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Intetesting, do you have tours and goft shop?😄
How absolutely wonderful!
St. Michael's Abbey is not only beautiful physically, it is filled with the holiness of God,Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. I love attending events there because of that holiness. The Norbetine Priests are so in tune with the true Magisterium of the Church and are vibrant protectors of the Truth of Christ and our Mother Church. Our Parish, St. John the Baptist is run by Priests from the Abbey and they are amazing Shepherds of our families... guiding us through the hazards and temptations of life in California. We love them... Thank you to all the Norbetine Priests and St. Michael's Abbey for not only protecting the faith, but also for shining the warmth and beauty of The Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ upon those of us who need His Truth. We are so blessed to be witness to their spirituality, and to be guided by them in our spiritual journey, through their ministry. If you have the opportunity visit there, you will feel the love of God that is so much a part of the Norbrtines..
California was always a site of spiritual growth and warfare. Most heartening to see a group of souls working to return California to Him.
We have Norbertines here in NE Wisconsin. Good to hear St Michaels is doing so well!