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

Brother Eduardo Ramírez Olid, born in Olvera, Cádiz (Spain), tells us from Valladolid about his formation process, his lights and shadows, the daily life in the professed house, and his vocational journey within the Order of Saint Augustine. At what moment did you experience that God was calling you to be an Augustinian? In my case, my vocational path began in the diocesan seminary, and it had never crossed my mind to become a religious, much less an Augustinian (since ther

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

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....

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

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

Between February and April 2025, Fr. Javier Pérez Barba, OSA, Assistant General for Southern Europe , carried out the visitation of...

On May 14th, 2025, in the Tiga Raja (Three Kings) Cathedral Church, our confrere Bernardus Bofitwos Baru OSA was consecrated as the new...

From May 9 to 10, 2025, the first regional virtual education congress for Africa was held. Under the theme “The Identity of Augustinian Schools in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” the seminar—coordinated by Fr. Kenneth Eze, OSA, with the support of the General Assistant and coordinator of the international commission, Fr. Javier Pérez Barba, OSA—brought together more than 250 educators from Augustinian schools in Nigeria, Kenya, Congo, and Tanzania, as well as affiliate

The annual meeting of Major Superiors of the Organization of Augustinian Superiors of Europe (OAE) was held in Košice (Slovakia) from June 3 to 5. Prior to the meeting, on Sunday, June 1, a solemn thanksgiving Mass was celebrated in the context of the anniversary of the Augustinians' arrival in the city. The Mass was presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio in Slovakia, with the participation of the local community, the Provincial Council of the Province of Italy, and distinguis

The Ordinary Provincial Chapter of Colombia was held at the Liceo Cervantes in Bogota from May 26-30. From May 26th to 30th, the Ordinary...

The contemplative Augustinian nuns from the various federations of the Order have spent several years working together, in coordination with the assisting friars of each federation and the Prior General, to renew their Constitutions. A working session had long been scheduled for May 15th–19th at the International College of Saint Monica in Rome . Providentially, the gathering coincided with the inaugural Mass of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, and the working sessions unfol

Father Alejandro celebrates his 70th birthday with the brothers of St. Monica College and Pope Leo XIV: “He took me aside and told me that he would be with me on this special day”. Just a few hours after returning from the Ordinary Provincial Chapter in Colombia, the Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine celebrated his 70th birthday , surrounded by his Augustinian brothers. The celebration took place at the International College of Saint Monica in Rome , and he was j

The traditional Augustinian Week , whose 27th edition was celebrated this year in the cities of Prague and Brno , coincided with the...

On May 17th, the episcopal ordination of our brother, Monsignor Wilder Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A., as the new bishop of the Prelature of Chuquibambilla took place at the Parish of Saint Augustine in La Encantada de Villa, Chorrillos, Peru. Accompanying him were the Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, Monsignor Paolo Rocco Gualtieri, and fifteen Peruvian bishops who wished to support their new brother at the beginning of his episcopal ministry. Among them was Monsignor Edinson Edgardo Farf