Canons Regular of St. John Cantius

St. Anne Triduum Update: Due to heat and rain this weekend: - Camping limited; no driving to sites - Park near chapel or back field - All Masses moved indoors; Friday will be a Low Mass - Bring your own food; possible cookout Friday after Mass - No fireworks this year but all…

🎶 On June 26, I conducted our St. Cecilia Choir and performed with violist Nikray Kowsar during "An Evening Restoring Sacred Music" with the @CanonsRegular — a night dedicated to beauty in worship. More here 👉 canons-regular.org/post/an-evenin… #SacredMusic #Liturgy #CatholicTradition

"He will deepen his communion with his Brothers by his generous and sincere self-offering while embracing a common life and observance. He will ardently apply himself to apostolic works on behalf of the Community and Christ’s faithful. All of these aspects will find a genuine…

"Christ is present in His Church in a still more sublime manner as she offers the Sacrifice of the Mass in His name; He is present in her as she administers the sacraments." — Encyclical Letter Mysterium Fidei - Pope St. Paul VI

“It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.”

The Vita Consecrata Institute has been a blessing for all involved, as the final week of Session II at beautiful Christendom College continues in Front Royal, Virginia, offering spiritual renewal and graduate-level studies for religious, priests, and other consecrated people.

Join us for the St. Anne Triduum Masses at beautiful St. Anne’s Chapel in Lawton, MI — July 24–26 at 5:00 PM (ET) each evening. A time of prayer, beauty, and devotion. Details: canons-regular.org/post/st-anne-s…

The development of personal discipline, a well-rounded personality, the ability to interact well with other people and a balanced perspective on the world around us are essential aspects of religious formation. — Constitutions

"Sacred Music, therefore, is prayer and not just ornamentation to the Liturgy. Sacred music fosters that solemnity our hearts and souls crave, consistent with the nature of the human approach to deity over many millennia." Read Bishop Joseph Perry's Remarks at the 2025 Patrons…

In echoing these words of Mary we are called to live the consecrated life through the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in a common life, by means of which we seek personal sanctification. In imitation of her our “whole existence becomes a continuous worship of God in…

"The priest is not his own; he is the minister of Christ and the dispenser of the mysteries of God." — St. John Vianney

There are spiritual, intellectual, apostolic and human aspects to this formation, which help candidates become mature Christian persons capable of living the vows and fulfilling the apostolate of the Institute. — Our Formation, Constitutions

“The psalms and hymns by which the hours, days, and seasons of the year are hallowed with religious devotion, in the midst of which the Eucharistic Sacrifice shines like the sun and draws all things to itself.” — Pope Pius XII, Mediator Dei

On the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, we joyfully welcomed three new men into the Postulancy of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius. Received by Fr. Joshua Caswell, SJC and entrusted to the formation of Fr. Nathan Ford, SJC, these men begin a year of…

Here are some moments from the last year's benefit dinner. Join us for our 27th Annual Benefit Dinner at the Chicago Hilton! 📅 Sunday, September 28th, 2025 Celebrate beauty, tradition, with the cause of supporting the mission of Restoring the Sacred. More details will be…

In the tradition of Canons Regular, which has its roots in the earliest centuries of the Church, most notably with St. Augustine, the Institute’s spiritual father, the spirituality of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius is essentially liturgical through the solemn celebration…

“Where the priesthood flourishes, the Church flourishes.” — St. John Vianney

The Canons Regular encourage members of the laity to contribute their talents in a manner appropriate to their state in life, for “the whole laity must cooperate in the spreading and in building up the kingdom of Christ.” — Constitutions

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius see the preservation and cultivation of Sacred Art—sacred vessels, vestments, religious iconography, as well as other art forms—as an important part of their apostolate.

The Eucharist, which is in an outstanding way the sacrament of the paschal mystery, stands at the centre of the Church's life. — Pope St. John Paul II