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…

“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.”

“Pray that we shall persevere with good humor, patience, kindness and love, in times of trouble and conflict.” - St. John Cantius

“Give me, good Lord, such a love for you that I will love nothing in a way that displeases you, and I will love everything for your sake.” — St. Thomas More

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…

Saint Mary Magdalene, pray for us!

“In difficult moments, I will fix my gaze upon the silent Heart of Jesus stretched on the Cross, and from the exploding flames of His merciful Heart, will flow down upon me power and strength to keep fighting.” – St. Faustina

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

“Insignificant man, escape from your everyday business for a short while. Hide for a moment from your restless thoughts. Break off from your cares and troubles and be less concerned about your tasks and labors. Make a little time for God, and rest a while in him.” - St. Anselm

National Natural Family Planning Awareness Week begins today. This year’s theme is Pursue a lasting love … MARRIAGE Create hope for the future! Natural Family Planning supports God’s gifts of love and life in marriage Pope Francis has called the faithful to become pilgrims…

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

The girls walking pilgrimage is making their final push to reach their destination tomorrow!

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

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us. Join us for a Low Mass at 7:30pm followed by the enrollment in the brown scapular.

“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

A Low Mass for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel will be held on Wednesday, July 16 at 7:30pm. After the Mass we will offer the blessing and enrollment in the Brown Scapular.

"The crucifix is an autobiography in which man can read the story of his own life, either to his own salvation or his own condemnation." - Fulton Sheen

Restoration of a vintage pyx burse. Traveling tabernacles should always look this good. - St. Martha’s Guild at St. John Cantius

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…