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 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...

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

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

The night of the conclave, the gardens of the Curia of the Order of Saint Augustine were teeming with fireflies. Small and warm luminous...

Dear brothers! Habemus Papam! This announcement echoed in St. Peter's Square from the lips of all the Augustinians present when we heard the name of our brother Robert Francis Prevost OSA. For us, this is a moment of great joy, deep emotion, and immense gratitude to God and to our brother for all he has done in saying Yes to the Lord in this immense service to our beloved Mother Church and to all of us. May this very special moment be an opportunity for a deep renewal—for all

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV visited the community of the Augustinians of the General Curia. It is the first time...

From February 24 to March 30, 2025, the Prior General, Father Alejandro Moral, was accompanied by the General Assistant for Africa,...

Message of condolence from the Order of Saint Augustine on the passing of Pope Francis. From the Secretariat of the General Curia, all...

Following the passing of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, Father Alejandro Moral Antón,...

The Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, Alejandro Moral Antón, wished to send this message to all Augustinians worldwide on...

Dear brothers and sisters, Two weeks have passed since the penitential sign of ashes was placed on our foreheads. On Ash Wednesday, as every year, we began the Lenten pilgrimage, which culminates in the Easter triumph of Christ, the Lord of life. The Church, our Mother and Teacher, invites us to prepare our hearts and open ourselves to the grace of God with humility and simplicity, acknowledging that we are sinners and that without God’s mercy—expressed in the life, death, an

Dear brothers and sisters, members of the Order and of the Augustinian Family: What contradictory times we are living in! They are times...

From August 5 to 9, 2024, the Province of Saint Augustine of Nigeria gathered at the Augustinian Institute in Makurdi, Benue State, to...

From September 26th to 30th, the commission in charge for the revision of the Constitutions of the contemplative sisters of the Order of Saint Augustine met at the Fray Luis de León house in Guadarrama, Madrid province (Spain). Convened by the Prior General in order to review the work done so far and to plan what still remains to be done, this group of sisters – 15 nuns on behalf of the five federations – represents the monasteries of the Order that, for over a year, have bee

The work of “liturgical improvements” carried out in the Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro have come to a happy conclusion for thousands of devotees and pilgrims from all over the world. In the Lombard city of Pavia, where the reliquary in which the remains of St. Augustine has rested for more than 1,300 years and which the Augustinians are in charge of conserving, the celebrations presided over by the Prior General took place last 12 October. These works have had as an o

During the first week of September, Father Alejandro Moral had the opportunity to visit 36 religious and novices in five of the...