Tanzania beats strongly in the heart of East Africa. Since the late 1970s, the Order of Saint Augustine has been present in this country, where a diversity of peoples and cultures coexist, moving to the rhythm of the sun in a majestic setting. After half a century of presence, the Augustinian Vicariate of Tanzania has become an emerging jurisdiction within a multicultural and multireligious society, where Swahili serves as the common tongue. From June 16 to July 7, Fr. Edward

On Thursday, July 10, the fraternities of Augustinian lay members from different parts of Mexico renewed their consecration to Our Lady of Help during the traditional pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Help, located at the Church of Saint Augustine in Morelia, Michoacán. As every year, lay faithful, fraternities of Augustinian laity, together with Augustinian friars from the various communities that make up the Province, gathered to take part in the Holy Mass celebrat

A fire that consumes, a living flame of love, “an opportunity to share with others what has been contemplated: Jesus.” From July 21 to 26, the fifth edition of the Observatory of the Invisible (OI) took place at the Royal College Alfonso XII and the Royal University College María Cristina in El Escorial , Spain. This summer course in art and spirituality gathered more than 150 participants, who experienced firsthand how beauty becomes a pathway both to encounter others and t

From July 8 to 10, the General Assembly of the Federation of Augustinian Vicariates of Peru was held in Lima, at the house of La Encantada. Accompanied by the Prior General, Father Alejandro Moral, twenty-one friars took part, elected by the council of each of the three vicariates, namely: the Vicariate of Iquitos, the Vicariate of Apurímac, and the Vicariate of Chulucanas. The primary objective of this assembly was to engage in dialogue and to explore the possibilities of ta

Twelve years ago, under challenging circumstances, the Province of Brazil began a journey. Also twelve years ago, in 2013, the Prior...

On May 22, 1533, the first seven Augustinian friars sent by the then Province of Castile to the New World disembarked in San Juan de...

"How are you?" That’s what many friars vividly remember when they think of Pope Leo XIV. It was—and still is—a question he frequently asked, with genuine interest. Though his new responsibility places him at the head of the universal Church, those who lived and worked with him remember him first and foremost as a brother in and of the community. In a series of interviews, several Augustinians share their personal memories of simple moments with Father Prevost—moments that, i

Before more than one hundred and fifty international delegations and more than two hundred thousand faithful, under the attentive gaze of Our Lady of Good Counsel, located next to the altar in St. Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV began his pontificate with a solemn Mass marked by a central message: love and unity as the axis of the mission that Christ entrusted to Peter. Augustinian religious men and women from different countries with presence of the Order of St. Augustine also