An Augustinian for These Times: A Personal Reflection on Meeting Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A.
This reflection is an opinion submitted by a member of our faith community. In the summer of 2010, something extraordinary unfolded at Clare Priory in Suffolk, England – a place where the first seeds of the Augustinian Order in the English-speaking world were sown in 1248. That week, young people and friars from across six […]
America Media Partners with the Augustinians On Two Events
The Augustinians were pleased to welcome a delegation from America Media on March 24 and 25. Known best for America magazine, America Media is a Catholic media ministry sponsored by the Jesuits of Canada and the United States. America Media was in the area for a pair of special events. The first was an in-person […]
Prior Provincial Fr. Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A., Joins Athletes OnBalance Leadership Council
In March 2025, Prior Provincial Fr. Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A., joined the Athletes OnBalance Leadership Council. OnBalance brings together care management, clinical interaction tracking, and performance optimization tools for athletes. Founded by a former Division 1 athlete and designed in collaboration with the leading behavioral specialist in college sports, they knew that mental and behavioral […]
From The Augustinian magazine: Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A., Reinterred in St. Thomas of Villanova Church
Story by Sarah Reisert for the fall 2024 issue of The Augustinian magazine. Read the full issue of the magazine and see more photos for this article here. Early in the morning on Monday, June 10, 2024, a small group of people gathered at the Augustinian plot in Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, Pa. Their […]
Villanova Province Celebrates 150th Anniversary
On August 25, 2024, the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding.
New Appointment in the Vatican Apostolic Archive
Vatican City, July 5 – Pope Francis has appointed Father Rocco Ronzani, an Augustinian priest and esteemed patristics professor from Rome, as the new prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive. This archive, which was formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archive, preserves Church documents dating back to the eighth century.
Fr. John’s Peru Visit: A Week of Teaching and Book Presentations
LIMA, Peru — Fr. John Lydon, O.S.A., recently concluded a visit to Peru, where he taught a weeklong class at the international novitiate in Lima and presented his latest book, published by the University Press of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, su Historia y Enseñanza, translated “Catholic Social […]
A New Resting Place for a Servant of God – CatholicPhilly.com
Story by Fr. Thomas Dailey, O.S.F.S. for CatholicPhilly.com. Read the full story and see more photos on their website. Fr. Bill Atkinson has a new home – at least here below. On June 14, in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Nelson Pérez, the mortal remains of the Servant of God were “translated” (i.e., moved) […]
A New Marker for the Augustinian Plot in Calvary Cemetery
In 1980, the Augustinians purchased a plot of land in Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, PA. High atop a rolling hill, the mortal remains of dozens of deceased friars have been interred in neat rows under the loving gaze of Our Mother of Good Counsel. When Renee Cirino, MS, transferred to Calvary Cemetery as its […]
Augustinians Leave Two Parishes in the Diocese of Albany
The Office of the Prior Provincial September 22, 2023 Dear Parishioners of Saint Mary Parish and St. Augustine Parish, Since the mid-1800s, when the Augustinians were invited by the Most Reverend John McCloskey to the Diocese of Albany, your communities at St. Mary of the Assumption in Waterford and St. Augustine in Troy, have been […]