The Superior General and the General Council of the Canons Regular, after prayer and discernment, announce the following assignments effective July 1st, 2025.
Rev. Kevin Mann, SJC will leave Springfield, Illinois where he served as Superior and will be assigned to the St. Joseph House of Formation in Chicago as the community’s Novice Director.
Rev. Joseph Brom, SJC is assigned to the Volo house at St. Peter’s Parish. He is continuing his role as the community’s canons lawyer, and First Councillor.
Rev. Robin Kwan, SJC is assigned to the Springfield house at St. Katharine Drexel Parish as House Superior.
Rev. Kevin Menard, SJC, to be ordained on May 17, will be assigned to St. John Cantius Parish for his first year of priesthood.
As our community continues to grow please keep us in your prayers for the guidance of the Holy Spirit and for more holy vocations to serve our mission.
Below is a picture of the religious houses of the Canons Regular beginning July 1st:
ST JOHN CANTIUS HOUSE - Chicago
Motherhouse of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
825 North Carpenter St.
Rev. David Yallaly, Pastor and Superior
Rev. Kevin Menard
Rev. Albert Tremari
Rev. Andrew Panzer
Br. Juan Garcia
Br. Gabriel Ortiz-Jiminez
Br. Edward Anderson
Br. Joshua Smerker
Very Rev. Joshua Caswell, Superior General
Rev. Trenton Rauck, Bursar
ST. PETER HOUSE - Volo
27551 Volo Village Rd.
Rev. Nathan Caswell, Pastor and Superior
Rev. Dennis Kolinski
Rev. Scott Thelander
Rev. Joseph Brom
ST. KATHERINE DREXEL HOUSE - Springfield
722 South 12th St.
Rev. Robin Kwan, Superior
Rev. Jim Isaacson, Pastor
Rev. Brendan Gibson
ST. JOSEPH FORMATION HOUSE - Chicago
1025 W. Fry - Adjacent to St. John Cantius Church
Rev. Kevin Mann, Novice Director
Rev. Matthew Schuster, Junior Director, Formator
Rev. Nathan Ford, Vocation Director
Novices and Postulants
MUNDELEIN HOUSE - Mundelein Seminary, Illinois
1000 East Maple Ave.
Br. Marko Culjak
Br. Mateusz Szymanski
Br. Nathaniel Pierce
Br. Kevin Doerge
Future Seminarians
The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius is a religious community of men dedicated to the restoration of the Sacred. The community was founded in 1998 under Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. and now has over 30 members from the United States, Canada, and Poland. Currently the Canons Regular serve in three parishes in two dioceses: St. John Cantius Parish in Chicago, St. Peter Parish in Volo, and St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Springfield, Illinois.
The Canons imitate Christ, live in radical opposition to the values of the world, and work to restore the sacred in the Church and in their own lives, seeking the sanctification of all.
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