Fr. Ismael Xuruc, OAR, visits Recollect Mission Areas in Mindanao, strengthening faith and community

Fr. Ismael Xuruc, OAR, General Councilor and head of missions for the Augustinian Recollects, recently visited several Recollect mission areas in the Philippines. After a five-day tour of mission sites on the island of Palawan, including Casian, Plaridel, and Inagawan, he traveled to Mindanao on October 12–13 to visit two mission parishes: Our Lady of…

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Order of Augustinian Recollects Welcomes Three New Friars

Quezon City – The Order of Augustinian Recollect definitively incorporates three Friars from the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno last October 5, 2024. Rev. Fr. Bernard C. Amparado, OAR, Prior Provincial, accepted the three friars during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the Our Lady of Consolation Parish. “We are here today because of…

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ARCORES International, CST-R Collaborate for the Fire Victims of Endrina Street

September 21, 2024—At least 109 families whose homes were razed by fire in San Carlos City,Negros Occidental, Philippines, received a bag of rice and canned goods from ARCORESInternational through Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, Inc.’s Community Extension andDevelopment Office (CEDO). It can be recalled that last September 6, 2024, at 8:40 in the evening, families living…

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Prayers for the Missionaries and for the Augustinian Recollect Mission

Rome, September 29, 2024 Dear Brothers, We begin the missionary month, and since we will celebrate the “Augustinian Recollect Missionary Year” in 2026 with the theme: “Proclaim Christ wherever you can!”, the Mission Secretariat would like to invite you to pray, especially for our missionary brothers and for all the mission areas that the Church…

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