Witnessing to Poverty: A Blessing and A Challenge «Happy are you poor, the Kingdom of God is yours!» (Lk 6,20) Pope Francis invited us, Augustinian Recollects, “to hold fast to the dream of Saint Augustine to live as brothers ‘with one heart and one soul’ (Rule...
The Prior General proposes in ‘Witnessing to Poverty: A Blessing and A Challenge’ to experience personal and community poverty, being in solidarity with the most needy and committing oneself to the care of Creation. Poverty is one of the fundamental...
ENCYCLICAL LETTERFRATELLI TUTTIOF THE HOLY FATHERFRANCISON FRATERNITY AND SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP 1. “FRATELLI TUTTI”.[1] With these words, Saint Francis of Assisi addressed his brothers and sisters and proposed to them a way of life marked by the flavour of the...
A reportage on Panamanian television brings to light the extraordinary work of the Food Bank of Panama – linked to the Augustinian Recollects – during the pandemic. The unexpected outbreak of the pandemic throughout the world has disrupted, among many...
The Prior Provincial of St. Thomas of Villanova asks to anticipate the situation that will follow the pandemic and calls to “face the reality head on”. The Augustinian Recollects are already preparing the work they will carry out with those affected by the...
