[Magdalen] Saint John Cantius: Attention Scott K.

[Scott Knitter]

Hello, David.

Yes, St John Cantius RC parish in Chicago is high church liturgically. They
are staffed by the Canons Regular of St John Cantius, an order dedicated to
"restoring the sacred" and teaching RC priests how to lead the Mass in
traditional ways whether the Ordinary or Extraordinary form. On a Sunday
they do Masses in the modern rite in English and in Latin, and the old
Latin Mass. The parish practically closed some years ago...down to 16
people showing up on a Sunday...but have grown beyond belief. It's
sometimes standing room only for the 12:30 p.m. Latin High Mass.

Scott the Younger (these days, Br. Michael-Francis) has done a whole lot of
photography at SJC...here's a typical photo:
https://churchartphotography.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/religious-art-s-smith-photography-blog-0001-014.jpg


They have rich websites here:
https://www.cantius.org/
https://www.canons-regular.org/
https://sanctamissa.org/

And photos...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/canons-regular/sets/

And here's the chapel with the altarpiece:
https://images.app.goo.gl/kh1oQKj9nsAQaaST9

Every July, on a Saturday morning, for several years, I've gone with Br.
Michael-Francis to that chapel where an SJC priest says a Requiem for his
late mother. One year it was a high Mass at the high altar and I was
thrilled to have a chance to chant the Mass with their Requiem schola. But
usually it's in the chapel, a very quiet low Mass.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 3:41 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> This is primarily directed to Scott Knitter.
>
>
> I happened on a blurb today about the RC Church of Saint John
> Cantius,Chicago.  I understand the parish church has undergone restoration
> to itsoriginal splendor in recent years.  Do you, either by your own
> photosor those of Scott the Younger have photos of the restored church?  I
> gatherfrom your past comments the parish is high church liturgically.
>
> I also confirmed that my first glimpse of the gothic triptych toldme this
> was a Veit Stoss copy.  That is in a chapel of the main church.The ironic
> feature of this is that the original church in Krakow with themedieval
> triptych is Saint Mary's Basilica, the church of the GERMANcommunity.  I
> doubt, however, whether Saint Mary's in Krakow has manyGerman members in
> this day and age, given the uproar through thereof WW-2.
>
> The Stoss copy desierves it's own church.  Too bad it's stuffed in a
> chapel.It's also pure gothic and doesn't match the main Saint John Cantius
> Church.
>
> Besides Veit Stoff, Adam Kraft was another outstanding woodcarver(mostly
> wood, anyway) in Nuremburg.
>
>
> David Strang.
>
>
> Veit Stoss was a Nuremburger (Germany)  whose major works are iinthat
> city, primarily at Lorenzkirke.  He did take
>
>

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA