The recent Encounter of the Augustinian Recollect Family held in Rome has not only been a milestone for the Order from within. It has also attracted the attention of the international media specialized in religious information, which has highlighted the unity, diversity and synodality lived during these days.
Vatican Newsthe official Vatican media, reported the words of the Prior General, Miguel Angel Hernandez, who defined the event as “an opportunity to look at ourselves and walk together as a religious family”. In their article, they emphasize that the experience “helps to put a face to synodality from the religious life”.
From Spainthe weekly Alfa y Omega published an extensive report entitled “All the Augustinian Recollects gathered to live internally the synodality”, where 
emphasizes that “for the first time in history, the whole charismatic family of the Order has met as such”. The publication especially values that it was not a meeting to generate documents, but “to listen to each other, to meet and to pray”.
The Ecclesia MagazineAlfonso Dávila, a member of the communications office, who declared that “such an experience does not leave anyone indifferent: it was a gift to see the wealth of charisms within the same family”. The article focuses on the spiritual dimension of the meeting and on the importance of mutual listening as a concrete expression of synodality.
For its part, the agency AICAfrom Argentina, highlighted the participation of the different branches of the Augustinian Recollect family, as well as the atmosphere of fraternity. They underline that “the objective was not to plan for the future, but to celebrate the shared present”. The Argentinean media also reports the experience of the laity and the positive evaluation of the intercultural exchange.
Also COPEone of Spain’s leading broadcasters, echoed the event in its coverage from Rome. The journalist Eva Fernandez pointed out that “for the first time a meeting of the superiors of the entire Augustinian Recollect family of the world is taking place”, and emphasized that the objective was “to promote a greater closeness, collaboration and authenticity among all those who make up this great family”. In his speech, the Prior General explained that “we have heard the voice of the Church calling us to synodality and we wanted to begin to live this synodality”. He added: “We are building family, sharing experiences, perceiving how we can unite, how we can help each other, because united we are stronger”.
The leaders of the entire Augustinian Recollect Family celebrate in #Rome a historic meeting.
Today, all together, they walk the Via della Conciliazione to cross the Holy Door and win the #Jubilee2025 @oarecoletos @oarecoletos_eng @oarecoletos_pt @PriorGeneralOAR pic.twitter.com/pVCqyCqbCT– Eva Fernández (@evaenlaradio) March 19, 2025
This international media coverage shows that the Rome Meeting was not just another internal event, but a strong step in synodality within our religious family. Seen from the outside, it has been a living testimony of what it means to “walk together” in an Augustinian, Recollect and to “walk together” in an Augustinian, Recollect and synodal key..