From July 29 to August 3, the Jubilee of Youth took place in Rome. Convoked by Pope Leo XIV, more than two hundred of our Augustinian youth, coming from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, were accompanied by the Augustinian friars. Welcomed by the Province of Italy , the Jubilee was supported and accompanied by Fathers Edward Daleng and Alexander Lam , who are in charge of the commission that looks after young peopl e. Pilgrimages to the Basili

From time to time, one revisits the life and legacy of a historical figure, attempting to discern how their traits and achievements might be brought into our own age. The question, however, lies in whether this effort is merely a way of rendering their memory more approachable, or whether, on the contrary, we encounter what Erasmus of Rotterdam once said of Thomas More: vir omnium horarum — “a man for all seasons.” Erasmus’s phrase, translated into English as such, later serv

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....