On Saturday, June 20, 2009 the Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem will mark the seventh anniversary of their juridical foundation with a Solemn High Mass, assisted by the Norbertine community of Saint Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California. The … [More]

On Saturday, June 20, 2009 the Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem will mark the seventh anniversary of their juridical foundation with a Solemn High Mass, assisted by the Norbertine community of Saint Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California. The history and development of our community of Augustinian canons regular is tied to the priestly vocation of our founder, Dom Daniel Augustine Oppenheimer, CRNJ. A convert to Catholicism in 1977, Father Founder has long been involved with the restoration of the historic Latin liturgy. In the 1970’s he worked in conjunction with a group of lay Catholics in the archdiocese of Chicago for the restoration of Gregorian chant in the Church’s public worship. Having discerned a vocation to the priesthood Dom Daniel Augustine undertook his philosophical and theological formation at both Econe and Wigratzbad in Europe. Ordained a priest in 1991, he carried out seminal work in pastoral ministry under the provision of the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei Adflicta in the United States. In 1999 Dom Daniel earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Aquinas in Rome, with a licentiate paper entitled, ECCLESIA DEI ADFLICTA, Towards a Deepened Understanding of the Liturgical Value of the Motu Proprio of 2 July 1988.