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Mar 28, 20232 min read

The Beauty of God at the Foot of Mt. Fuji: A Spiritual Retreat with Fr. Joe Farrell

Ten Augustinian friars from the delegation of Japan joined three friars from Korea for a week-long spiritual retreat at an iconic and...

Fr. Ian Wilson, new General Councillor for Northern Europe

Ricardo Morales Jiménez

Mar 20, 20232 min read

Fr. Ian Wilson, new General Councillor for Northern Europe

The General Secretariat of the Order of St. Augustine has announced the appointment of Fr. Ian Wilson as General Councillor for Northern...

Sister Gemma Barrichello dies aged 102: "One who prays and loves the Lord lives and dies happy"

OSA Curia

Mar 2, 20234 min read

Sister Gemma Barrichello dies aged 102: "One who prays and loves the Lord lives and dies happy"

In recent days we have learned with sadness of the death at 102 years of age of Sister Gemma Barrichello After a life dedicated to the...

Echoes of the historic inaugural Intermediate Provincial Chapter of St. John of Sahagún

OSA Curia

Mar 2, 20233 min read

Echoes of the historic inaugural Intermediate Provincial Chapter of St. John of Sahagún

Over the early days of February, the first Intermediate Provincial Chapter of the Province of St. John of Sahagún since its new...

Fr. Alejandro at the beginning of Lent: "Sacrifice is not only fasting"

Ricardo Morales Jiménez

Mar 2, 20232 min read

Fr. Alejandro at the beginning of Lent: "Sacrifice is not only fasting"

On the morning of Ash Wednesday, the Prior General of the Order, Fr. Alejandro Moral, was with 34 students from the Augustinian school...

The Augustinian lay fraternity Pia Unione di Santa Rita of Lombardy celebrates its tenth anniversary

OSA Curia

Mar 2, 20232 min read

The Augustinian lay fraternity Pia Unione di Santa Rita of Lombardy celebrates its tenth anniversary

Ten years. Ten historic years of prayer and charity in the service of the sick This is what the Pia Unione di Santa Rita fraternity of...

The Prior General in Papua: "The teachings of St. Augustine reach to the ends of the earth"

OSA Curia

Mar 2, 20232 min read

The Prior General in Papua: "The teachings of St. Augustine reach to the ends of the earth"

In January, the Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine was with the communities of Vietnam and Indonesia, spending two weeks in the...

1,300 years since the transfer of St Augustine to Pavia

Ricardo Morales Jiménez

Mar 2, 20234 min read

1,300 years since the transfer of St Augustine to Pavia

Going up part of the Ticino river, leaving behind the Covered Bridge and its starlings that devour what the current leaves in its wake;...

Adde scientiae caritatem: the Patristic Institute Augustinianum now has a motto!

OSA Curia

Mar 1, 20232 min read

Adde scientiae caritatem: the Patristic Institute Augustinianum now has a motto!

Since its foundation in 1969, the Patristicum has not had an official motto. The fraternal relationship with the other pontifical...

Fr Alex Lam of Panama: "There is enthusiasm for the road ahead for this circumscription"

OSA Curia

Mar 1, 20232 min read

Fr Alex Lam of Panama: "There is enthusiasm for the road ahead for this circumscription"

The Assistant General for Latin America, Fr. Alex Lam, had the opportunity shortly before the beginning of Lent to spend a few days with...

Five centuries walking with the Santo Niño of Cebu in the Philippines

OSA Curia

Feb 17, 20232 min read

Five centuries walking with the Santo Niño of Cebu in the Philippines

Two years after a break caused by the pandemic, the Feast of the Santo Niño de Cebu in the Philippines was once again in full swing A...

A dialogue with two young Augustinian nuns: "Enclosure is a theological horizon"

Ricardo Morales Jiménez

Feb 10, 20231 min read

A dialogue with two young Augustinian nuns: "Enclosure is a theological horizon"

We entered the monastery of the community of Augustinian nuns in the city of Rome. Between the cloister and the choir, we spent the...

Concludes the first part of the Ordinary Provincial Chapter in California

Joseph Farrell, osa

Feb 8, 20231 min read

Concludes the first part of the Ordinary Provincial Chapter in California

The members of the Province of Saint Augustine in California celebrated the first part of their Ordinary Provincial Chapter from January...

The process of canonization of the Augustinian missionary Salustiano Miguélez continues in Argentina

OSA Curia

Feb 1, 20232 min read

The process of canonization of the Augustinian missionary Salustiano Miguélez continues in Argentina

Since the initial presentation of the document of supplication and diocesan investigation on the life, heroic virtues, reputation for...

24 hours with Jesus: Liceo de Cervantes in Barranquilla opens a new Perpetual Adoration Chapel

OSA Curia

Feb 1, 20231 min read

24 hours with Jesus: Liceo de Cervantes in Barranquilla opens a new Perpetual Adoration Chapel

At the end of last year, the educational work of the Order, the Liceo de Cervantes in Barranquilla, belonging to the Province of Our Lady...

The Augustinian Fr. Robert Prevost, new Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

OSA Curia

Feb 1, 20233 min read

The Augustinian Fr. Robert Prevost, new Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

The 30 of January 2023, the Holy See announced in a brief communiqué that the Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine from 2001 to...

Prior General's historic visit to Vietnam

OSA Curia

Feb 1, 20232 min read

Prior General's historic visit to Vietnam

From 6th to 9th January Fr Alejandro Moral Anton OSA, Prior General, accompanied by the Assistant General for the Asia-Pacific (Fr Tony...

Fr. Alejandro after 70 years of Augustinian presence in Indonesia: "I want to thank all the missiona

OSA Curia

Feb 1, 20233 min read

Fr. Alejandro after 70 years of Augustinian presence in Indonesia: "I want to thank all the missiona

Fr Alejandro Moral gives us a first-hand account of the echoes, impressions and insights gained from his last visit to Indonesia Today,...

Augustinian students in Nigeria committed to democratic inclusion in the country

OSA Curia

Jan 29, 20232 min read

Augustinian students in Nigeria committed to democratic inclusion in the country

Fr. Caius F. Kakaba, OSA, principal of St. Augustine's College, in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, wanted to make known to the rest of the...

Echoes with Benedict XVI: "His dedication to the Church was a blessing for the Augustinians"

OSA Curia

Jan 5, 20233 min read

Echoes with Benedict XVI: "His dedication to the Church was a blessing for the Augustinians"

Robert Francis Prevost Martínez wanted to recall some moments with the Pope Emeritus. A priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, Father...