Congregatio Canonicorum Sancti Augustini (CCSA) (Congregation of the Canons of St Augustine) is a German High Church

High Church Lutheranism

"High Church Lutheranism" is the name given in Europe for the 20th century Lutheran movement that emphasizes worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both Roman Catholicism and the Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism...

 religious community of clergy and laymen.

CCSA was founded in Priory of St. Wigbert

Priory of St. Wigbert

Priory of St Wigbert is an ecumenical Benedictine monastery for men, belonging to the Lutheran Church of Thuringia. It is located in Werningshausen near Erfurt in Germany. This community includes Congregatio Canonicorum Sancti Augustini...

 September 12, 2005 by four men, whose zeal was to bring people closer to the gospel of Jesus Christ in tradition of catholic and apostolic Church. It is led by prior

Prior

Prior is an ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier, first', with several notable uses.-Monastic superiors:A Prior is a monastic superior, usually lower in rank than an Abbot. In the Rule of St...

. The Brothers gather together regularly in conventions. As a habit clergy wear a black soutane with black fascia

Fascia (vestment)

The fascia is a sash worn by clerics and seminarians with the cassock in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church. It is also worn with the simar by those entitled to use the simar. It is not to be worn as a belt but should be placed above the waist between the navel...

 and laity a black tunic

Tunic

A tunic is any of several types of clothing for the body, of various lengths reaching from the shoulders to somewhere between the hips and the ankles...

in conventions.