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Feb 111 min read

The youth of the Augustinian Province of Michoacan go on pilgrimage to Christ the King with "songs, psalms and prayers"

Saturday 27 January saw around 50 young people from the Youth Ministry of the Augustinian Province of Michoacan make a pilgrimage to the...

Augustinians of Mallorca receive the Medal of Honor of the city

Amparo Latre

Feb 111 min read

Augustinians of Mallorca receive the Medal of Honor of the city

This was in recognition of the work of conservation and restoration that, for two decades, the community has been carrying out on the...

Father General and his Assistant General help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Province of the Santo Niño of Cebu: "All our love, gratitude and admiration"

OSA Curia

Feb 112 min read

Father General and his Assistant General help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Province of the Santo Niño of Cebu: "All our love, gratitude and admiration"

In 1565, as part of the Legazpi expedition, Augustinian friar, cartographer, adventurer and explorer Andrés de Urdaneta arrived for the...

The sisters of Lecceto welcome five Augustinian friars "from very distant lands"

OSA Curia

Feb 72 min read

The sisters of Lecceto welcome five Augustinian friars "from very distant lands"

In the days leading up to the celebration of the Course for Provincial Secretaries at the General Curia in Rome, the Assistant General...

Formators and vocation promoters from five African regions gather in Nigeria

OSA Curia

Feb 72 min read

Formators and vocation promoters from five African regions gather in Nigeria

Fr Joe Farrell, responsible for the International Commission for Initial Formation and Augustinian Vocation Promotion together with Fr...

Fr. Bill Atkinson OSA: The first quadriplegic priest of the Catholic Church

Inés Polanco

Feb 74 min read

Fr. Bill Atkinson OSA: The first quadriplegic priest of the Catholic Church

The Order of St. Augustine possesses countless testimonies of men and women who, in their passage through the world, left trails of...

Christmas in the sermons of St Augustine: "He became man who made man"

Tomás Rico

Jan 84 min read

Christmas in the sermons of St Augustine: "He became man who made man"

This year, as in years past, in the lead-up to Christmas our streets are decorated with lights and garlands, our tables laden with...

Monsignor Luis Marín on St John XXIII: "His example invites us to always realise the will of God"

OSA Curia

Jan 82 min read

Monsignor Luis Marín on St John XXIII: "His example invites us to always realise the will of God"

The Parish of St Emmanuel and St Benedict, Madrid, hosted the book launch of "I speak to your heart: a biography of St. John XXIII"...

Fr Alejandro presides over the second Chapter of Our Lady of Consolation of Brazil: "There was total unity among all"

Ricardo Morales Jiménez

Jan 83 min read

Fr Alejandro presides over the second Chapter of Our Lady of Consolation of Brazil: "There was total unity among all"

The second Ordinary Chapter of the Province of Our Lady of Consolation, Brazil - one of two provinces in the Amazonian country - was held...

Bolivia approaches its last Ordinary Chapter with the Prior General in "good spirits, hope and great expectations"

OSA Curia

Jan 72 min read

Bolivia approaches its last Ordinary Chapter with the Prior General in "good spirits, hope and great expectations"

Presided over by the Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, the Ordinary Provincial Chapter of the Vicariate of Bolivia took...

The Ursuline Sisters of Malta have been added to the Order of St. Augustine

Josef Sciberras

Jan 63 min read

The Ursuline Sisters of Malta have been added to the Order of St. Augustine

Last December 22nd, in the Church of the Holy Family located in the town of Tas-Sliema, Malta, a simple but significant ceremony took...

Christmas message of the Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine: "Let us live the silence and humility in which the Child arrives"

OSA Curia

Dec 24, 20233 min read

Christmas message of the Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine: "Let us live the silence and humility in which the Child arrives"

Father Alejandro Moral Antón addresses the entire Augustinian family to wish them a Merry Christmas and to share with all of us that in...

Superiors General meet with Pope Francis after the Synod is concluded

OSA Curia

Dec 21, 20232 min read

Superiors General meet with Pope Francis after the Synod is concluded

On 22-24 November, for the first time in its history, the meeting of Superiors General took place at the "Fraterna Domus" Spirituality...

Formators of North America gather to strengthen Augustinian leadership

OSA Curia

Dec 21, 20232 min read

Formators of North America gather to strengthen Augustinian leadership

In the last week of November, at the headquarters of the Province of Villanova (USA), the face-to-face meeting of Augustinian formators...

The Augustinian Laity of Latin America take the floor at the II Congress of FAS

OSA Curia

Dec 20, 20234 min read

The Augustinian Laity of Latin America take the floor at the II Congress of FAS

The Augustinian Secular Fraternities (FAS) of Latin America celebrate their II Congress under the theme "Augustinian Vocation, Grace and...

Josef Sciberras

Dec 20, 20231 min read

Venerable Menochio, to be studied at the Patristic for his "unswerving loyalty in times of agitation"

As part of the celebrations for the bicentenary of the death of the Venerable Bartolomeo Menochio, Augustinian, bishop of Porfirio and...

Ground broken for new Augustinian school in Kenya during the Ordinary Chapter

OSA Curia

Dec 20, 20233 min read

Ground broken for new Augustinian school in Kenya during the Ordinary Chapter

The week of 4-9 December saw the II Ordinary Chapter of the Vicariate of Kenya, attended by some 30 frias.

Prior General presides over the closing ceremonies marking the Jubilee of the Vicariate of India

OSA Curia

Dec 19, 20232 min read

Prior General presides over the closing ceremonies marking the Jubilee of the Vicariate of India

Concluding the 450th anniversary of the arrival of the first Augustinian religious in Goa

Augustinian family strengthens ties in Pavia: Father General leads the celebrations

Ricardo Morales Jiménez

Nov 15, 20233 min read

Augustinian family strengthens ties in Pavia: Father General leads the celebrations

From the 11th-14th November, another chapter commemorating the transfer of the remains of St Augustine to the Lombard city of Pavia took...

Newly branded Augustinian education network to provide for over 10,000 students in Brazil

OSA Curia

Nov 14, 20232 min read

Newly branded Augustinian education network to provide for over 10,000 students in Brazil

The Province of Our Lady of Consolation in Brazil has just launched another promising initiative with the creation of its Rede Lius...