Saint John Cantius Church

09/08/2026

Blessed Nativity of the Virgin Mary

09/02/2026

Bless, O Lord, this creature beer, which thou hast deigned to produce from the fat of grain: that it may be a salutary remedy to the human race, and grant through the invocation of thy holy name; that, whoever shall drink it, may gain health in body and peace in soul. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 🍺

09/01/2026

Interested in the Catholic Faith?

Classes start soon!

https://www.cantius.org/become-catholic

08/31/2026

Always grateful for our hardworking altar servers

08/30/2026

End of August at St. John Cantius

08/29/2026

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us" - St. Augustine

08/28/2026

“All the science of the saints is summed up in this: to do all for the love of God.”
—St. Alphonsus Liguori

08/25/2026

The annual Canons Benefit Dinner is around the corner! Be sure to reserve your tickets now for Sunday, September 27th at the Hilton Chicago.

Proceeds support the formation and growth of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

Tickets: https://sjc.givecloud.co/
Video: Damian Chlanda

08/24/2026

In persona Christi: at the moment of priestly Ordination, the Church has also made this reality of “new clothes” visible and comprehensible to us externally through being clothed in liturgical vestments.

This event, the “putting on of Christ”, is demonstrated again and again at every Holy Mass by the putting on of liturgical vestments. Vesting ourselves in them must be more than an external event: it means entering ever anew into the “yes” of our office - into that “no longer I” of Baptism which Ordination to the priesthood gives to us in a new way and at the same time asks of us.
- Pope Benedict XVI

08/22/2026