On the afternoon of September 18, the capitular brothers listened to the solemn reading of the Acts of the 188th Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine. It was a Chapter filled with innovative thinking, changes agreed upon point by point in the instrumentum laboris, and long days of group work and plenary assemblies to support the Prior General and his newly elected Council in a strategic plan for the next six years. We spoke with some of our brothers from d

The Order of Saint Augustine, at the conclusion of its 188th Ordinary General Chapter, in fidelity to its charism and in communion with the universal Church, particularly encouraged by the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first of his sons to accede to the Petrine ministry, in the context of the hope of the Jubilee and in the memory of the Holy Father Pope Francis, wishes to declare its unwavering commitment to living fraternity, a gift of God and the fruit of authentic communio

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

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...

The Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of St. Augustine will be held in Rome from September 1-18, 2025. Several dozen friars, coming...

From Ash Wednesday until March 21, the General Councilor for Latin America, Father Alexander Lam OSA, made the canonical visitation of...