What do Canons Regular do?
The Canon Regular does that which flows from his vocation as a priest called to the common life. His first responsibility therefore is to build up, support and foster the common life, which he shares with his brothers in a common residence. The celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours and the Holy Eucharist as well as a generous participation in common meals, conversation and recreation are the principal means by which this life is promoted. It is through this life that he grows in sanctity and receives the encouragement he needs to carry out his priestly ministry. When necessary, a canon may for a time live outside the house, e.g. in parish rectories. However even there a semblance of the common live ought to exist. Moreover those who live outside the house ought to return often to the house to participate in prayer, meals and fraternity, so they may draw strength from the very sources of their Canonical Vocation. Concurrently, since the Canon Regular is a priest, he is entrusted with
