Keeping missionary roots intact
Chapter members discuss the missionary and ministerial apostolate Mission ad gentes has been from the beginning, and continues to be now, one of the foundations of the Augustinian Recollect charism. On its seventh day, the 56th General Chapter confirmed the relevance of mission and the need to strengthen it. The difficult conditions of life in the missions and…
Read MoreThe path of permanent formation
The 56th General Chapter listens to Claretian Gonzalo Fernandez on the need for a plan of permanent formation. The second week of the 56th General Chapter of the Order of Augustinian Recollects began with the talk of Gonzalo Fernandez. The Claretian religious spoke on Monday about his vision and experience of permanent formation, to help the capitulars…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: Second Sunday of Lent, Cycle C
Lk. 9:28b-36. 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,…
Read MoreThe challenge of vocations and the young
The General Chapter recognizes the work of the Order in vocation promotion, youth ministry and initial formation. Youth, vocation ministry, initial formation and causes for canonization were the topics discussed on the fifth day of the 56th General Chapter of the Augustinian Recollects. The capitulars continued to dialogue on the different areas that make up…
Read MoreOLVP-Recoletos de Urbiztondo had Its New Chapel Blessed
URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan—The Recollect parish community of Our Lady of the Visitation, Urbiztondo, Pangasinan, together with several civil and ecclesiastical dignitaries, witnessed the blessing of its newly constructed chapel on the occasion of the 97th fiesta of the Sto. Cristo Divino Tesoro de Urbiztondo, the patron of the barangay where the parish is located. In…
Read MoreTalking about OAR Spirituality and charism
The 56th General Chapter of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, on its fourth day, continued to review and evaluate the work accomplished in the last six years in view of projecting the direction of the next six years. Viewed under the prism of the Recollect spirituality and charism were the areas of ongoing formation and accompaniment,…
Read MoreARCORES launches Solar Dream Project among Tagbanua communities in Palawan
ARCORES Filipinas started distributing fifty (50) solar lighting kits to the Tagbanua families in Aborlan and Brgy. Inagawan, and in Liminangcong last February 28, 2022. The Tagbanua community in Palawan is part of the Recoletos parish community of San Rafael in Aborlan. The ARCORES Solar Dream project aims to provide sustainable assistance to families displaced…
Read MoreRestructuring of provinces, six years later
The Prior General, the Priors Provincial and the capitulars share their views on the process of the union of provinces that began in 2010. On its third day, the 56th General Chapter analyzed one of the main decisions of the previous General Chapter: the process of restructuring in the Order. The union of provinces, which began…
Read MoreUSJ-R hailed “Business School of the Year” by JA Philippines
The seal “Business School of the Year” was awarded to the University of San Jose-Recoletos this February 2022 by the Junior Achievement (JA) – Philippines. JA is a youth-serving non-government organization that offers programs to equip the youth with knowledge and exposure to hone their entrepreneurial ideas and skills to secure better lives for themselves,…
Read MorePermanent formation, first of the topics of the 56th General Chapter
The capitulars discuss the need for permanent formation and adequate accompaniment of religious. The 56th General Chapter celebrated its second day on Ash Wednesday. The capitular assembly addressed the first topics on the agenda and formed the working teams for the coming weeks. During the course of today, one of the topics that had already begun…
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