A young community with 400 years of history in Rome
The community of Sistina, founded in 1619 for the residence of the procurator of the Augustinian Recollects, celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. It was the first community in Rome and is currently made up of young Augustinian Recollects who are doing their specialization studies in Roman universities. It is an intercultural and interprovincial community. Here…
Read MoreMo. Eva María Oiz, re-elected Federal President of the Augustinian Recollect Nuns of Spain
Note: This article is translated from the original Spanish text posted in agustinosrecoletos.com) Marcilla, NAVARRA, SPAIN–Mo. Eva María Oiz was re-elected as President of the Federation of the Augustinian Recollect Nuns of Spain. This happened during the XI Federal Assembly that took place in the Monastery of the Augustinian Recollects in Marcilla. The XI Assembly,…
Read MoreFray Eddy Omar Polo elected as President of CONVER
Note: This article is translated from the original post in Spanish written by the Provincial Secretariat of the Province of Candelaria. VENEZUELA–The Religious of Venezuela have elected the Augustinian Recollect Fray Eddy Omar Polo as the new President of the Conferencia Venezolana de Religiosos y Religiosas (CONVER). Superiors and representatives of the more than 150 congregations and institutes of consecrated life that make up the confederation of…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: 4th Sunday of Easter
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Jn. 10:27-30 A. Invoking the Holy Spirit We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit,…
Read MoreIn Pictures: 11th Federal Assembly of Augustinian Recollect Nuns
Marcilla, NAVARRA, SPAIN–Forty-nine Augustinian Recollect Contemplative Nuns are gathered for the 11th Federal Assembly. Among the delegates, two are from St. Ezekiel Moreno Monastery in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, namely, Mo. Carmen Orduna, OAR, and Sr. Maria Emy Catalonia, OAR. The assembly, which is celebrated every after six years, was opened last April 30, 2019…
Read More10 Newly Invested CARAS for OLCP
Mira-Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY – Ten young men were invested to the Confraternity of Augustinian Recollect Altar Servers (CARAS) at Our Lady of Consolation Parish last March 31, 2019. Fray Leander Barrot, OAR, Vice-Prior of the Recoletos Formation Center, presided the Eucharistic Celebration and the Rites of Acceptance and Investiture for CARAS. These young men…
Read MoreIn Pictures: 24th RECAMSI
CAVITE CITY–San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite hosted the 24th Recollect Campus Ministry Summer Institute from April 29 to May 2, 2019. This year’s theme was: “Creators of Communion.” In pictures, these were the events captured by the participants:
Read MoreIn Pictures: National Youth Day 2019 in Cebu City
CEBU–As the Catholic Church in the Philippines celebrates 2019 as the Year of the Youth, the Archdiocese of Cebu hosted the National Youth Day from April 23-28, 2019. With the theme: “I am the servant of the Lord, may it be done to me according to your word.” (Lk. 1:38), the Filipino youth are inspired…
Read More“Casianic Experience”: A Glimpse of My Diaconal Exposure
(Note: Here is a glimpse of the life and ministry of an Augustinian Recollect deacon (the author) assigned in the island community of San Isidro Labrador Parish in Casian Island, around two hours by boat from the town of Taytay in mainland Palawan and when seawaters are serene. Fray Jorr, a native of San Carlos…
Read MoreAlumni from two OAR Universities pass 2018 Bar Exam
The Supreme Court of the Philippines, after the special en banc session held yesterday, May 3, 2019, announced the result of the November 2018 Bar Examination. Out of 8,158 aspiring lawyers who took the exam, only 1,800 examinees, or 22.07% of the total number of examinees, were able to pass, as confirmed by the 2018…
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