Join the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius for nine days of prayer for the faithful departed, reflections about the meaning of death, and practical wisdom for facing our own final days with Catholic hope and joy.
As we approach All Souls’ Day and our annual celebration of Mozart’s Requiem Mass, the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius invite you to join us for a special All Souls’ Novena—a nine-day program of prayer and guided reflections on the Catholic understanding of death.
These short reflections, delivered to your inbox each day, will help you understand the role that the dead play in the Church, and the ways in which the Church helps us face our own death with clarity, courage, and love.
All the while, we’ll tell you a bit about the work of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, the history of our community, and our mission to “restore the sacred” in our individual lives, our culture, and our Church.
For millennia, the rich traditions of the Church have reminded us of a profound and joyful reality: that this world is not our final home, that we are bound for something greater, and that what we do here on earth has eternal consequences. Throughout the ages, this mystery has found beautiful expression in the Church’s sacred prayers, liturgies, and music.
Today, through the work and care of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, traditions like Mozart’s Requiem Mass continue to lift hearts and minds to God—at our home church in the heart of Chicago and at all the parishes we have been called to serve.