by Antonio Carrón OAR | Sep 30, 2024 | A friendly word
St. Augustine and St. Jerome were contemporaries, sharing much of the cultural and ecclesial life of the time, although in different geographical contexts. Augustine was born in 354 and died in 430, spending most of his life in North Africa and Italy. Jerome, on the...
by Antonio Carrón OAR | Sep 30, 2024 | A friendly word
We begin with a paradox: how can a contemplative nun say that prayer, in short, praying, is the most difficult thing in the world? Well… yes, you can say that when you only see prayer from a single flat or obtuse perspective, from your own perspective or that of...
by Antonio Carrón OAR | Sep 25, 2024 | News, We're telling you
On September 24, 2024, the theme for the next World Youth Day in 2027, to be held in Seoul (Korea), was presented during a conference at the Holy See Press Office. This theme, chosen by Pope Francis, is: “Take courage: I have overcome the world!” (Jn...
by Antonio Carrón OAR | Sep 20, 2024 | News, We're telling you
On June 12, 2018, seven Augustinian Recollect nuns from Mexico began the experience of the community of the Monastery of Our Lady of Candelaria in Bogota. Over the years the community has been consolidating a project that has already begun to bear its first fruits...
by Antonio Carrón OAR | Sep 18, 2024 | News, We're telling you
Jonathan Jamero is an Augustinian Recollect non-clerical religious. He arrived from the Philippines to Sierra Leone in 2008, first in the mission of Kamabai and later in Kamalo. Among his main responsibilities are the care of the mission facilities, the feeding of the...
