OAR World
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace. Dear Brothers: Next week marks one year since the closing of the 56th General Chapter. We do not forget the reverberations of that beautiful experience of communion and synodality which our Order lived and which has been followed by the chapters of the four Provinces. We do not forget the voices of the friars asking to better and more intensely accompany the laity, and the religious as well, who live concerned with the others but forgetting about themselves. We do not forget the desire of the chapter members that…
Fray Jesús María López Mauleón, OAR, named as bishop in Brazil
This article was translated from the original Spanish text posted in the official website of the Order (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) BRAZIL–Another Augustinian Recollect was named by Pope Francis as Bishop of the Prelature of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, in the Amazon. A missionary in Brazil from 1999 to the present, Fray Jesús María López Mauleón, OAR, will shepherd the People…
Pope Francis names new Augustinian Recollect bishop
This article was translated from the original Spanish text posted in the official website of the Order (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) ARGENTINA–An Argentine Augustinian Recollect, Fray Darío Rubén Quintana, OAR, is appointed by Pope Francis as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Mar del Plata (Argentina). From 2012 to 2018 he was Vicar Provincial in Argentina. He has also…
New structure of the Order of Augustinian Recollects: 4 new Provinces
Note: This was translated from the original Spanish article posted in the official website of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) The four Priors Provincial explain what is the new reality of the Augustinian Recollects after the process of joining provinces carried out during 2018. General Curia, ROME–The Augustinian Recollects face from the past year…
Bp. Carlos celebrates his first Mass as Auxiliary Bishop
Note: This was translated from the original Spanish article posted on the official website of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) The new Augustinian Recollect bishop celebrated his first Eucharist as Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo in the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, accompanied by Augustinian Recollect and religious Bishops. ARGENTINA–Without having completed…
Episcopal Ordination of Fray Carlos: “I want to serve the Gospel for the hope of the world”
Note: This was translated from the original Spanish article posted in the official website of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) More than 5,000 people accompanied the Augustinian Recollect Carlos María Domínguez in his episcopal ordination as the new auxiliary bishop of San Juan de Cuyo. He received the episcopal consecration through the laying on of…
Cardinal Lacunza is conferred with Order of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Note: This article was translated from the original Spanish text written by the Provincial Secretary of the Province of Candelaria. The Augustinian Recollect Cardinal received the highest recognition of the country for his social and religious work from the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, especially with the celebration of WYD. PANAMA–Augustinian Recollect José Luis…
A young community with 400 years of history in Rome
The community of Sistina, founded in 1619 for the residence of the procurator of the Augustinian Recollects, celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. It was the first community in Rome and is currently made up of young Augustinian Recollects who are doing their specialization studies in Roman universities. It is an intercultural and interprovincial community. Here…
Fray Eddy Omar Polo elected as President of CONVER
Note: This article is translated from the original post in Spanish written by the Provincial Secretariat of the Province of Candelaria. VENEZUELA–The Religious of Venezuela have elected the Augustinian Recollect Fray Eddy Omar Polo as the new President of the Conferencia Venezolana de Religiosos y Religiosas (CONVER). Superiors and representatives of the more than 150 congregations and institutes of consecrated life that make up the confederation of…
“I was fearful when I started painting St. Augustine”
The Augustinian Recollect David Conejo is the author of the new painting of St. Augustine which was presented and blessed this Monday, April 29, at the Formation House of Las Rozas (Madrid, Spain). It is inspired by the first known representation of the bishop of Hippo. Facing a blank canvas is a challenge. For the…
