On the morning of September 15, Pope Leo XIV arrived at the auditorium of the Augustinian Patristic Institute where the capitular friars were gathered. In unison, our Augustinian brothers stood to sing Happy Birthday to His Holiness in both Italian and English. The Holy Father had turned seventy the day before, Sunday, September 14, the Feast of the Holy Cross. This welcome was a touching moment, blending solemnity with a warm fraternal spirit. In his address, he emphasized t

On the afternoon of September 9, the 73 capitular brothers with voting rights, gathered at the 188th General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine, elected their new Prior General. Father Joseph Farrell, OSA, until now the Vicar General of the Order and General Assistant for North America, receives the seal from Fr. Alejandro Moral Antón and accepts his new role as head of the Order. He becomes the 98th Prior General in the more than 750-year history of the Augustinians. Ab

Chesterton once observed with characteristic wit—as though speaking directly to our twenty-first century—that the true adventure of modern man does not consist in crossing oceans, but in marrying and raising a family. Our pastoral objectives seem to interpret “adventure” in a similar sense when they speak of the need to proclaim Christ, in hope, at all times and in every circumstance, in a manner “joyful and free of prejudice,” with particular attention given to the family, t

From July 17 to 22, Santo Agostinho School – Belo Horizonte Campus, in Brazil, hosted more than 200 young people from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela for the third Latin American Meeting of Augustinian Youth. This event was made possible thanks to the organization of the Province of Our Lady of Consolation of Brazil and the invaluable collaboration of the Province of Brazil. “A great d

On Saturday, September 6, during the sixth day of the 188th Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine, Prior General Alejandro Moral Antón delivered his farewell address to the capitular friars.

On Wednesday, September 3, the President of the Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine, General Assistant Joseph L....

The contemplative sisters of the Spanish federations of Our Lady of the Pillar and St. Thomas of Villanova participated in an ongoing formation program in Cascia, Italy from July 7 to 17. The Prior General accompanied the Sisters for two days. He wanted to be close to our sisters in the order “to speak with them and to understand their concerns”, as Father Alejandro himself affirmed. The conferences were given by Mother Natividad , President of the Federation of Our Lady o

We reproduce entirely the words that Pope Leo XIV shared with the 92 participants of the Chapter during the Mass at the Basilia of Saint...