St. Peter’s Square pulsated this Wednesday with an Augustinian Recollect heart. In the framework of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, more than 200 members of our spiritual family -religious, lay, Augustinian Recollect nuns and Commendatory nuns of Santiago- participated in a Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Door, gaining together the grace of the Jubilee and renewing the commitment to be pilgrims of hope in the Church.
An Augustinian heartbeat in the heart of the Church
Rome, October 8, 2025. The
200 members
-religious, religious, lay and commendatory members- joined together in a Jubilee pilgrimage as part of the
Jubilee of the Consecrated Life
crossing together the
Holy Door
and winning the Jubilee with joy, prayer and hope.
More than 70 Augustinian Recollect friars
more than 70 Augustinian Recollect friars
from all over the world, who are in Rome in the process of
ongoing formation in stages
They were in the initial stage (less than five years of solemn profession) as well as in the mature stage (more than 50 years of profession). More than 60 Augustinian Recollect
more than 60 Augustinian Recollect nuns from the
from the federations of
Spain and Mexico
and Mexico, about
15 Sisters of St. James
and numerous
lay people
from Mexico and
Mexico and from the ministries of the Order in Madrid, many of them
many of them
members of the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity.
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A shared pilgrimage, a renewed charism
The pilgrimage began after
16:00 h
from the
Piazza Pia
where the participants began their journey in a festive and recollected spirit. After a brief stop at the church of
Santa Maria in Traspontina
for a
Marian station
they continued along the
Via della Conciliazione
intoning the
the Litany of the Saints
sign of the
universal call to holiness
.
When they arrived in St. Peter’s Square, their faces reflected emotion and gratitude. They made it to
through the Holy Door, almost an hour and a half
It was a deeply symbolic moment, almost an hour and a half after the beginning of the walk:
A Church that welcomes, a family that walks united, a charism that renews itself.
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A providential end: Our Lady of the Rosary awaits us
Although the usual route of the Jubilee pilgrimage concludes with the recitation of the creed at the tomb of St. Peter, the beginning of the
prayer vigil of the Jubilee
the itinerary had to be modified. Providence sent the Augustinian Recollect family to the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary.
altar of Our Lady of the Rosary
,
patroness of the Order
where they concluded their journey.
There, all the religious and lay people
sang together the Salve and the hymn to St. Joseph, prayed for the whole Recollect family, for those present and for those who could not be present.
They prayed for the whole Recollect family, for those present and for those who could not be present. The pilgrimage concluded with the
blessing of the Prior General
,
Miguel Angel Hernandez
Miguel Angel Hernandez, in an atmosphere of deep fraternity and spiritual joy.
A day to keep in our hearts
This day has remained engraved in the memory of those who lived it as an experience of grace, communion and mission.
an experience of grace, communion and mission
. In the words of the Jubilee: we were
pilgrims of hope
,
disciples sent
to joyfully proclaim the Gospel, in the richness of our Augustinian Recollect charism.
Because in 2025 -in Rome, in St. Peter’s, in communion- the Augustinian Recollect family won the Jubilee in 2025. the Augustinian Recollect family won the jubilee. And he did it the way he knows how: praying together, walking together, dreaming together.
