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...
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...
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...
The Augustinian Recollection, which was born in 1588, finds in September 16, 1912 one of its historical milestones. On that day, Pope St. Pius X promulgated the brief Religiosas Familias, through which he declared the Augustinian Recollects a religious order. It was...
The nuns of the Royal Convent of Santa Isabel, in the heart of Madrid, have started a new project: El Portalico. Since this summer, these sisters have entered the world of sewing and make clothes for babies and household items. As they themselves announce in their...
With the motto “wait and act with Creation,” this year’s celebration of the Time of Creation calls for fruitful action in defense of ecology. The commemorative activities respond to the impetus given by Pope Francis ‘ encyclical Laudato...
