Today the Church celebrates the XXXIII World Day of the Sick, coinciding with the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Augustinian Recollects of the Sick offer their testimony of service to those who must fight against pain and illness.
From January 31 to February 2, members of the ARY-JAR Cartago stage of the Romareda School of the Augustinian Recollects in Zaragoza lived a “vocational kerygma” meeting, with the aim of sowing vocational culture in these adolescents between 11 and 12 years old.
The Boys’ Town, a socio-educational project of the Augustinian Recollects in Costa Rica, begins a new school year with 130 collaborators who will help half a thousand students grow as people, in values, in knowledge and in happiness.
January 30, the school day of Peace and Non-Violence, is a day of protest in educational centers to raise awareness among the entire educational community and society in general about the value of peace. This year, the themes of the Way of Santiago, the doves of peace and music have stood out.
From January 23 to 30, the Assembly of the Delegation of the Province of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine in Brazil was held in Lábrea (Amazonas), with the participation of 19 Augustinian Recollects residing in the country together with the prior provincial, Carlos González.
The Augustinian Recollect Enrique Eguiarte explains how, although St. Augustine never participated in a Jubilee, he did visit Rome and St. Peter's Basilica. In the videos we will be able to better understand what a Jubilee is, and with the help of Augustine of Hippo, better understand terms such as pilgrimage, forgiveness and indulgence.