DE PERE (WLUK) — The Norbertine Community of St. Norbert Abbey has a new leader.
On Thursday, the Very Rev. Bradley R. Vanden Branden, O. Praem., was elected as the eighth abbot in the Abbey’s 133-year history. His nine-year term begins immediately.
Vanden Branden, 38, is the youngest abbot ever elected at St. Norbert Abbey. He’s a Green Bay native who graduated from West De Pere High School and earned his degree in music education at St. Norbert College. His theological training took place at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where he received a Master of Divinity degree and a Master of Arts in Theology (Liturgy)…