The Prior General Emeritus of the Order of Saint Augustine, Father Miguel Ángel Orcasitas, wrote the following lines in 1996 in a special edition published in Belgium while he was serving as head of the Order. The subject concerns what was then—more than 700 years ago—the northernmost Augustinian enclave of the Order in the territory we now know as Europe. We delve into the historical and religious imprint that the Augustinians have left throughout their journey. The history

The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, urges us in his message of preparation for Lent to be ‘together,’ ‘listening,’ giving full meaning to ‘fasting’ as a ‘practice that prepares us to welcome the Word of God.’ Dear brothers and sisters, Lent is a time in which the Church, guided by a sense of maternal care, invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our faith and keep our hearts from being consumed by the anxieties and distra

During the last week of January, the first Chapter of the Province of the Sacred Heart of Jesus took place at the Franciscan retreat house in Boquete, in western Panama. Four months after the 188th General Chapter, at which the decision was made to elevate the Augustinians of Panama from Vicariate to Province, more than forty participating brothers were able to share in the “great joy” of this new stage together with the Prior General, who presided over the Chapter. With Fath