August 28 – Saint Augustine

Bishop and Doctor of the Church Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Saint Augustine, one of the great founders of monasticism in the Western Church, bishop, theologian, preacher, writer and doctor of the Church. None of these titles, though accurate, would please him, however, as much as the simple one he used to describe himself: […]

Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A

Fear is in the air. It penetrates awareness and the heart. It seizes the soul. The effects translate to one’s physical well-being, and that of society, in a range of debilitating ways

August 1, 2020 — Augustinian eNews

Augustinian eNews Keeping you up-to-date Augustinian eNews The Priesthood Ordination of Fr. Jack Tierney, O.S.A. Congratulations to Augustinian Friar, Jack B. Tierney on his long anticipated ordination to the Order of Presbyter. Fr. Jack was ordained on July 25th (the feast of St. James the Apostle) by Bishop George J. Rassas at St. Rita of […]

August 2 – Blessed John of Rieti

Religious Holiness is not achieved according to the length of one’s life, but through the depth of one’s love. Blessed John of Rieti ended his earthly pilgrimage while still a teenager and at the very beginning of his life as a friar. Nonetheless, he was an individual who had learned early on the wisdom of […]