Vocation Collaborators Meet for the First Time at KABO-OAR Visayas Gathering

SAN CARLOS CITY, Negros Occidental – July 8-9, 2023—For the first time, Lay Vocation Collaborators from the Augustinian Recollect communities in the Visayas gathered to formally be commissioned in vocation promotion.             Officially called Kaagapay sa Bokasyon – OAR (KABO-OAR), the lay collaborators (LVCs) were from St. Ezekiel Moreno Chaplaincy in Caidiocan, Valencia; Our Lady…

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Obituary +Fray Ceferino Roberto Calderon A̱ez, OAR (February 3, 1948 РJuly 10, 2023)

Prot. SEM 049/23July 11, 2023 TO ALL THE RELIGIOUS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT FAMILY “But how should we Christians respond to the question of death? We respond with faith in God, with a gaze of firm hope founded on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”– Pope Benedict XVI Dear brothers and sisters:…

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Regional Recollect Augustinian Youth Summit (RRAYS 2023)

The fourth member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects or the Recollect Augustinian Youth (RAY) held its Regional Recollect Augustinian Youth Summit Summit (RRAYS) on the 16th to 17th of June 2023 with the theme, “Synodality: Communion, Participation, and Mission” held in San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Manila.              The program started with the registration of…

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LECTIO DIVINA: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Mt. 11:25-30 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, grant that we receive the motions of…

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LECTIO DIVINA: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

Mt. 10:37-42. 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, grant that we receive the motions of…

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