For the protection of children and vulnerable people
The prevention of abuse and attention to victims are the most relevant topics of the tenth day of the 56th General Chapter. Since 2015, the Order of Augustinian Recollects has been working on abuse prevention in its environments. A stable team and new tools have been developed in this regard. In 2019, the Commission for the…
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Accountability and transparency in financial management
The 56th General Chapter reviews the management of the Order’s finances in the last six years. The ninth day of the 56th General Chapter, which started on 1 March in Rome, focused on the economy. The capitulars were informed of the management and economic situation of the Order. The first of the interventions on the subject came…
Read MoreNetworking in the educational and the social apostolates
The sessions of the day are dedicated to EDUCAR and ARCORES, the two major networking programs of the Augustinian Recollect family. Following the previous General Chapter (55th), the Order of Augustinian Recollects established during the period 2016-2022 two ambitious programs in the areas of education and social action: EDUCAR and ARCORES, both with a networking…
Read MoreKeeping 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,…
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