The Course of Preparation for Solemn Profession is contemplated in the Constitutions of the Order as a period in which the candidates live an immediate experience before their definitive “yes” in the Order. This year it has gathered religious from the...
On July 2, 2022, Victor Emiliano Villegas was appointed bishop of the Prelature of Chota-Cutervo (Peru). His episcopal ordination, celebrated on October 15 in the city’s bullring, brought together a crowd that wanted to share the joy of welcoming their new...
On May 25, 2024, a meeting of the Social Apostolate Commission (CAS) of the Order was held in Sitio Agostinho, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The meeting was attended by the head of the CAS of the Province of San Nicolás de Tolentino, Fr. Alberto Moreno; the CAS...
Accompanied by the General Councilor and responsible for missions in the Order, Fr. Ismael Xuruc, this trip also coincided with the return of two bishops who participated in the Encounter of Augustinian Recollect Bishops in Rio de Janeiro: Bishop Santiago Sanchez,...
The Encounter of Augustinian Recollect Bishops was held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from the 20th to the 25th of May under the theme: “Do you aspire to great things? Begin with the smallest” (St. Augustine, S. 69, 1, 2). In the presence of the Prior...
On February 6, 2021, Pope Francis appointed the Augustinian friar Luis Marin de San Martin as undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, at the same time granting him the episcopal dignity and assigning him the titular See of Suliana. He was ordained a bishop on April 11...
