LECTIO DIVINA: Palm Sunday, Cycle C

Lk. 22:14-71; 23:1-56. 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 God,…

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Fray Renacia successfully defends thesis

On April 1, 2022, Fray Mark Rochelle Renacia, OAR successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis, entitled “An Ecological Approach to Augustine’s Teachings on Creation in the Light of Laudato Si’” presented at the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid. He was awarded with an Outstanding (Sobresaliente) grade by the panel of examiners of the university. Religious from…

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CST-R Opens College Department

Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos finally declares its College Department open! With its pioneering program on Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship, CST-R is now a Higher Education Institution (HEI) duly permitted to operate based on Commission on Higher Education Regional Office 6 Government Permit No. 03, Series of 2022, signed by Regional Director Raul C. Alvarez,…

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LECTIO DIVINA: Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle C

Jn. 8:1-11. 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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Message of the 56th General Chapter of the Order

We,  Augustinian Recollects, coming from different countries and places, from different communities and ministries, have gathered at the 56th General Chapter to give thanks for our lived experience, to examine our present, and to discern what we want to live with passion and hope in the future. We walk together in prayer Every day, at the…

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