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 General Council had the pleasure to greet Pope Leo XIV at the beginning of his General Audience on Wednesday, March 11 — a heartfelt moment of solidarity and fraternity.

The Augustinian Federation of Africa held its Triennial General Assembly in Accra, Ghana, electing new leadership and reaffirming its mission to serve the poor across Africa.

March 28: Monaco April 13-23: Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea) June 6-12: Spain The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo will make three trips abroad in 2026, proclaiming God's love and presence and highlighting significant themes of his pontificate: peace, interreligious dialogue, care for our immigrant brothers and sisters, and a courageous proclamation of faith in a time of growing secularization. Through these three trips, the Bishop of Rome will have

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

Villanova University, sponsored by the Order of Saint Augustine in Pennsylvania, has created the Mother Cabrini Institute to promote education and research on migration, as well as public advocacy and service related to migrants and refugees. The institute was presented at the Vatican Film Library on September 30, with the screening of the film Cabrini and an event at the Patristic Augustinian Institute attended by Fr. Joseph Farrell, OSA Prior General. Cabrini is the title