Celebrating the Augustinian spirit taking root in Vietnam

We are pleased to share that Fr. Anthony Banks OSA has been elected Prior Provincial of the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel–Australasia.   His election will be formally confirmed at the Provincial Chapter this June. We warmly congratulate Fr. Tony and assure him of our support as he takes up this responsibility in service of the Province and the wider Church.   Fr. Tony   brings a wealth of experience to the role of Prior Provincial. A long-standing member of the Prov

The Order of St Augustine in the Asia-Pacific Region (OSAAP) has elected its new president and vice-president: Fr Wilson Viswanath Injarapu OSA, vicar superior of the Vicariate of India, has been elected president, and Fr Futoshi Matsuo OSA, superior of the Delegation of Japan, has been appointed vice-president. The election took place on 14 January 2024 during the meeting of the superiors of the OSAAP circumscriptions at the Minor Basilica of the Santo Niño in Cebu . Prior G

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 feast that brought together for two weeks in January thousands of faithful devotees of the image that sealed the evangelisation of the Asian country in 1565 where the Augustinians had much to say. Throughout the feast, say our colleagues from the communications office of the Province of Cebu, the Basilica was " always full of devotees who atten