The Canadian Canon Law Society has two categories of membership designated as Regular and Honorary members.

Regular members consist of all canonists and any person interested in canon law whose application for admission as a member has received the approval of the Executive Board. (By-law 1, § 3)  At this time there are 285 regular members of the Society.

The membership fee - as of 01 January 2008 - for a regular member of the CCLS  is $130.00 CAN/US per year.  The fee for those who have attained the age of 65, who are retired and who have a limited income is $105.00 CAN/US.  The second fee also applies to students.

Please note: Upon failure of any member to pay the annual membership fee for two consecutive years, such member shall thereupon cease to be a member. (By-law 1, § 4)

Honorary members shall be those individuals who are recommended by the Executive Board and approved by the members at the Annual Meeting (By-law 1, § 3). An Honorary member does not pay the annual membership fee (By-law 1, § 4) but receives all the mailings of the Society. If the recipient was already a member of the Society before becoming an Honorary member, he or she continues enjoying active and passive voice; if the recipient was not a member of the Society before becoming an Honorary member, he or she enjoys neither active nor passive voice. (By-law 3, § 20)

There are 8  Honorary members:

   Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ralph Brown; 

   Rev. Msgr. Vincent N. Foy, P.H.; 

   Rev. Msgr. Pedro Lopez-Gallo, P.H.;

   Rev. Francis Morrisey, OMI;

   Msgr Michel Parent;

   Rev. Jacques Pelletier;

   Most Rev. Geoffrey J. Robinson and

   Most Rev. Francis J. Spence.

All inquiries regarding membership should be sent to the head office of the CCLS at:

223 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 1C4

e-mail: ccls@ccls-scdc.ca