‘ Augustinians ’ Category
Augustinians
This should have been a follow-up article on the Diego de Herrera Case that I posted at AgustinongPinoy. But since the site is still inaccessible after three days, I am posting this here. Fr. J. celebrated his birthday today in ...
Augustinians, Vocation
They live across the street from us. Before January 4, 2005, they just participated in the Mass singing as a choir during the morning services; occassionally they would also invite us into their convent for their spiritual exercises. But since ...
Sisters in Our Midst
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Augustiniana, Augustinians, Church in the World
I was going through some of my old things in Antipolo yesterday and I found this memento from an Augustinian youth gathering held in Cartoceto back in the early 90s. I don't know how to call it: it ...
Thoughts From A Twenty Year-Old Memento
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Augustiniana, Augustinians, Church in the World, Spirituality
Where is the site for Ten Augustinian Values?" I've been asked this question several times and in several ways for the past few months. The reason is that the website that used to house the article called "Ten Augustinian Values" ...
Where is “Ten Augustinian Values”?
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Augustinians, Vocation
I saw the following Augustinian Vocation Promotions video made by the Province of Colombia and posted at YouTube. The video is some 7 minutes long and presents the Augustinian life within the context of a journey with the Truth ...
Augustinian Vocations Promotion
{ 2 Comments \ Tags: augustinians, religious life, vocations \ Dec31 }
Augustiniana, Augustinians
Last February 11-16, we celebrated our 7th Ordinary Provincial Chapter. During one of the sessions, a proposal for the creation of Homily Guides that the friars can use was raised. The Homily Guide contemplated is intended to help ...
Homily Guides?
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Augustinians, Ministry
The Lancaster Diocese has a new bishop, and he is an Augustinian Friar: the Rev. Michael Campbell, OSA. He has been coadjutor bishop for the Diocese since March 2008. He takes over from Bishop Patrick O'Donohue who has retired. More news ...
Augustinian Friars in the News
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Augustinians, Ministry
The following article was written in view of the fortieth anniversary of the Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod back in 2002. It was originally published in one of Bacolod's daily newspapers. The original carried with it a short commentary on the ...
Memory of the First Colegio
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Augustinians
Fray Diego de Herrera was already a missionary in Mexico when he was called to accompany four other Augustinian friars with the Adelantado Legazpi on their way to the Philippines. He could have been the first archbishop of Manila if not ...
Fray Diego de Herrera, OSA
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Augustinians, Christian Life, Vocation
This site's automatic blog promoter has just reposted an article I wrote on October 7 of last year. It was on the closing ceremony of the Order of St. Augustine's Intermediate Chapter held in the parish church of ...
Ongoing Conversion and Renewal
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Augustiniana, Augustinians, Church in the World
Lucio Guttierez, OP -- our professor in Church History at the University of Sto. Tomas -- once said that Martin Luther could only have been produced by the Augustinians. That was almost thirty years ago. I didn't understand what he ...
An Augustinian Platform in the Middle Ages?
{ 1 Comment \ Tags: order of st. augustine, reformation \ Jul24 }
Augustinians
A few days ago (September 30, 2010), delegates to the Augustinian Order's Intermediate Chapter (2010) celebrated the closing Mass for the event. The Intermediate Chapter is a "Chapter" that is celebrated between two General Chapters. A "General Chapter" ...
Continuing Our Journey: The OSA Intermediate Chapter
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Augustinians, Church in the World
When I was studying Philippine History in high school, I was given the impression that the last hundred years of Spanish regime in the Philippines was characterized by the corruption of Spanish officials and the immorality of the friars.
