March 19, 2026 Dear brothers and sisters, On behalf of all of us at the Augustinian General Curia in Rome, we wish you a very happy Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Protector of the Order. As we celebrate this great feast, we want to assure you of our prayers for you and for your ministries. We ask St. Joseph to bless our families, our Augustinian communities throughout the world, and all of the people with whom we minister. We pray for peace in our world plagued with war and di

The Prior General Fr. Joseph L. Farrell with his Council joyfully announces that the Holy Father Leo XIV has appointed MONS. LUIS MARN DE SAN MARTÍN ALMONER OF HIS HOLINESS thereby entrusting to him the governance of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity. The news of the appointment was published today, Thursday, 12 March 2026, in the Official Bulletin of the Holy See at 12:00 (Italian time). Mons. Luis MARÍN, originally from Madrid (Spain), has rendered long service to th

The Augustinianum, born from the heart of the patristic tradition and at the service of the Holy See, recognizes in every initiative of theological and cultural study a form of diakonia to the truth. The new Leo XIV International Institute represents a sign of hope for the Church and for the academic world: a place where reflection becomes dialogue, and knowledge becomes service. We share the words spoken by Father Juan Antonio Cabrera Montero, President of the Pontifical P

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