Manual of The Third Order

of St. Norbert

 

Compiled by Rev. Martin Geudens, O. Praem

 

Table of Contents

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Preface

Part I:  The Third Order of St. Norbert

• Origin of the Third Order of Prémontré

• Growth, Decline, and Revival of the Third Order

Part II:  Constitution of the Third Order

• Brief of Pope Benedict XIV on the Third Order of Prémontré

• Constitution of the Holy Third Order of Prémontré

1. Rule 1:  Of the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary

2. Rule 2: Of Conversation

3. Rule 3:  Of Pardon of Injuries

4. Rule 4:  Of Profane Assemblies

5. Rule 5:  Of Confession and Communion

6. Rule 6:  Of Meditation and Spiritual Reading

7. Rule 7:  Of the Recitation of the Office

8. Rule 8:  Of Fasting and Abstinence

9. Rule 9:  Of the Clothing of Tertiaries

10. Rule 10:  Of the Care of the Sick and the Dead

11. Rule 11:  Of the Director of the Tertiaries

12. Rule 12:  Of Those who may be Received

13. Rule 13:  Of Priests and Religious of other Orders

14. Rule 14:  Of the Correction of Brothers and Sisters

15. Rule 15:  Of the Binding Force of these Rules

16. Rule 16:  Of the Meetings of the Tertiaries

• Conclusion of the Brief of Benedict XIV

• The Indulgences of the Third Order

  • Plenary Indulgences

  • Partial Indulgences

Part III:  Ceremonial and Pious Practices of the Third Order:

• Ceremonial of the Third Order

  • Form of Blessing and Imposing the White Scapular

  • Form of Profession

• Office of the Norbertine Tertiaries

  • Office of the Paters and Aves

  • Office of the Acts

  • Suffrage of St. Norbert

• Pious Practices in Honor of St. Norbert:

  • Little Office of St. Norbert

  • Hymns in Honor of St. Norbert

  • Litany in Honor of St. Norbert

• The Teaching of St. Norbert

  • Sermon of St. Norbert

  • Spiritual Counsels and Holy Exercises of St. Norbert

  • Celebrated Sayings of St. Norbert

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