Within the framework of the renewal visit to Spain, the Prior General of the Augustinian Recollects invites the Augustinian Recollect Family from the dioceses of Getafe, Guadalajara and the Archbishopric of Madrid – friars, nuns, missionaries, commendatory sisters, secular fraternities, Monica Mothers, RAY, schools, parishes and laity – to make a pilgrimage together to the Cathedral of the Almudena on September 27th.
A call to walk together within the framework of the visit of renewal
The Augustinian Recollect family – friars, Augustinian Recollect Nuns, Augustinian Recollect Missionary Nuns, Commendatory Sisters of St. James, Secular Fraternities, parishes, schools, young people of the Augustinian Recollect Youth and the Monica Mothers – is called to live a gesture of unity and hope. Within the framework of the renewal visit to Spain, the Prior General, Fr. Miguel Ángel Hernández, invites everyone to participate in the Jubilee pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena, in Madrid.
The meeting will be held on Saturday November 8, 2025. The meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. at the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation, from where the participants will walk together in a spirit of fraternity to the Almudena Cathedral.from where the participants will walk together in a spirit of fraternity to the Almudena Cathedral. There, at 10:00 a.m.at 10:00 a.m., the Jubilee Eucharist as an Augustinian Recollect family, presided by the Prior General.
“The pilgrimage will be a sign of unity and renewal of the commitment of all of us who are part of this great family. I want to meet you, to walk together and to place our life, our vocation and our mission under Mary’s intercession,” he said in his message.he said in his message.
“Walking together is not just a gesture. It is a sign, Miguel Ángel recalls in his letter. “It is a response to the Lord’s call to us to be a Church going forth, witnesses to the joy of the Gospel and sowers of communion.” Following the words of St. Augustine, he adds: “we walk together towards God; if we love, we walk”.
The pilgrimage will also be an occasion to renew baptism, receive the grace of forgiveness and recall the motto of the pastoral course 2025-2026: “Proclaim Christ wherever you can”..
The Augustinian Recollect Family in Madrid includes Augustinian Recollect friars, Augustinian Recollect nuns, Augustinian Recollect missionaries, Commendatory Sisters of St. James, as well as lay people linked to parishes, schools and secular fraternities, Augustinian Recollect Augustinian Recollect Youth, Monica Mothers. All are invited to live this moment as a concrete expression of communion that unites diverse vocations and charisms in the same spirit.
This gesture also seeks to reinforce the message that the Prior General is transmitting in his journey of renewal: to live fraternity and celebrate the faith with a single heart directed towards God. “To walk towards Almudena is also to remember that we are pilgrims of hope, called to proclaim Christ in our daily lives”.he recalled.
With this gesture, the Augustinian Recollect family reaffirms its identity and common mission: to live restlessly for Christ and proclaim his love in the heart of the Church and in communion with the Diocesan Church.