Canons Regular of St. John Cantius

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I was at St John Cantius this Sunday, I still make it there about 5-6 times a year. As to the parking situation. There is a lot behind the church, and the lot for the school to the South can be used.
The Society of St John Cantius now also has St Peter in Volo. Fathers Dennis Kolinski and Anthony Rice say the Latin Mass there.
 
Seamus_L said:
The Society of St John Cantius now also has St Peter in Volo. Fathers Dennis Kolinski and Anthony Rice say the Latin Mass there.
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My family usually assists at the Institute of Christ the King apostolate in Cashton, WI but we were privileged to assist at the midnight Mass on Christmas at St. Peter’s in Volo. It was wonderful to have that available to us. I’m a Latin Mass-only guy, but I do think it’s very helpful to have the Canons–who celebrate both rites–for these diocesan parishes which perhaps would have no priest at all to serve them and now can make the transition more and more to the traditional Rite. Good for the Canons to take the leadership to actually move the whole parish in the direction of Tradition. I know there’s a certain amount of carping about that and I admire their fortitude.
 
What is the Latin Ordinary mass like at St John;s. I here that they use the most amazing music for this mass? How well is this attended compared to the two TLM’s every Sunday?
 
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I know there’s a certain amount of carping about that and I admire their fortitude.
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Good point – it was amazing to me and although St. Peters was pretty traditional before the Canons Regular took over, some malcontents started a letter-writing campaign to Cardinal George complaining about them.

I suspect it was due more to resistance to change rather than hostility to the Canons. Nevertheless, a few of us started our own letter-writing campaign thanking the Cardinal for sending us the Canons Regular.
 
What problems did they have with the Canons? They seem like a prtty cool order to me.
 
Kearney said:
What problems did they have with the Canons? They seem like a prtty cool order to me.
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The Canons Regular are a very cool order – I love them.

From what I heard, the folks who complained were unhappy with the changes Fr. Kolinski made when he got to St. Peters. For example, within his first few weeks he dropped the lay distribution of the Eucharist. Other changes were: an added daily Mass (in the extraordinary form), Father started saying Mass “ad orientum”, he removed the “Vatican II” altar from the sacristy, etc.

However, as I mentioned, St. Peters has always been pretty traditional; I suspect that these folks did not have substantive complaints but were unhappy because Fr. Kolinski was pushing them out of their “comfort zone”.
 
CoolRich,

To think I thought the coolest thing in Volo was the car museum. I’m happy for you guys.

The only Mass I’ve heard (sort of) at SJC was a mumbled Low Mass by an octogenarian priest. I attend Mass in Chicago’s oldest church building a mile and a half from there.

But, even to this inveterate Novus Ordonian, I hear the Canons are a great bunch.

John
 
John
Were you attending Old St Pat's before the interior was remodeled ?
 
I wasn’t a parishioner then. I did attend my uncle’s funeral Mass in early '94 before the inside was finished. I have some old pictures somewhere, but our church had gone through repeated restorations and declines. Thankfully, this restoration took.

John
 
I hate to sound so negative, but I thought Old St Pat’s looked much more impressive before the last restoration. The book At The Crossroads : Old St Pat’s And The Chicago Irish by Ellen Skerrett has photos that confirm this.
 
Have they ever published any books about the history of the Chicago archdiocese, with pictures of all the parishes? I am from the Philly area and the arch there recently released a great book loaded with pics for the 200th anniversary of the diocese.

Please let me know if there is? I collect parish yearbooks and would love to get a hold of such a book about the churches of a truly great Catholic city
 
Yes. There’s The Archdiocese Of Chicago : A Journey Of Faith by Edward R Kantowicz (2006) It has photos of every church in the Archdiocese inside and out, plus a number of older photos.
 
Where can I get a copy?

Also, are there any Italian parishes still left open in Chicago?
 
Kearney,

There is also a two book set that does the history, released by the archdiocese (Msgr Koenig author) in 1980. I think the book is The History of the Parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago. I saw the 2006 book and there are simply not enough good pictures.

Brother Seamus,

What’s your beef with the recent restoration? I suspect our communion rails are somewhere, and the old altar is back to back with our current altar.

John
 
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Where can I get a copy?
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I suspect you can still get one through the archdiocese. The 1980 book (great for genealogical reasearch–which I do a lot of) is available through interlibrary loan.
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Also, are there any Italian parishes still left open in Chicago?
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I think so, but it doesn’t come to me now.

John
 
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                          The side altars have been greatly reduced, and a few statues from around the main altar have been removed. Don't know if the statues are now in the back, but I didn't notice them in any post restoration photos I've seen.
Kearney
If you're looking for churches that have a mass in Italian, there are 4 in the Archdiocese. St Therese in Chinatown. Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Sacred Heart Oratory in Melrose Park and St Donatus in Blue Island. If you want to know what parishes started as Italian I could provide you with information if you want.
 
Obviously we’re off topic, but anyway I was looking at some old pix and I can’t see what statues you mean. We have about 12 niches with statues in them–North American saints on one wall and Irish saints on the other wall.

Anyway, I think Shaunessey’s walls and windows were restored (The beatutiful walls had been painted over with green paint.) and the rest was remodeled. I’ll check.

John
 
Seamus,
Sure I’d love to hear about the history of the Italian parishes in Chicago. I’m half Italian myself and have a real interest in learning about Italian American history. I know that Chicago was/is the center of the Scalabrini fathers American mission and that they have/had a seminary there.

Are the Italian parishes in Chicago more traditional then mainstream ones?

Are the Scalabrini fathers more traditional/conservative then other religious orders?

How many Italian parishes were there in Chicago in the old days? How many closed?

Thanks for any help that you could give.
 
Kearney
I don't want to attempt to hijack this thread, so I'll start another in a little bit.
 
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                   I don't want to attempt to hijack this thread, so I'll start another in a little bit.
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It’s my thread so it’s OK with me if it gets hijacked. :cool:

However, before everyone leaves, I wanted to mention that the Institute of Christ the King will be having a talk on the architecture of Chicago Catholic churches.

The talk is entitled “Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago” and it’s by Dr. Denis McNamara, Ph.D, Assistant Director of the Liturgical Institute. It’s going to be at 3pm on Feb. 28 at the Institute’s Chicago Shrine located at 6415 South Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637-3817 (link)

There, I’d say this discussion is officially **way **off topic now. 🙂
 
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