This Day in Province History: August 25, 1874
The decree of foundation of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova was issued on this day by Prior General John Belluomini and his Council.
This Day in Province History: August 24, 1802
Michael Hurley, the American Province’s first native-born vocation was ordained in Viterbo, Italy, following his religious formation in various cities of the Italian peninsula.
This Day in Province History: August 23, 1925
The first class of postulants began their novitiate year at the former Untermeyer estate on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York.
This Day in Province History: August 22, 2014
This date marks the close of the Province’s mission in South Africa with the return to the United States of Fr. Frank Doyle, last remaining friar and superior of the house in Kwa Zulu-Natal.
This Day in Province History: August 21, 1946
The Board of Directors of the future Universidad Catolica de Santo Tomas de Villanueva, Cuba, met on this day and resolved to found and establish the university. The Board included the Prior Provincial, the Archbishop of Havana, the Apostolic Nuncio, Frs. Lorenzo Spirali, James Hurley, Harry Daley, and a layman, Dr. Ignacio del Valle.
This Day in Province History: August 19, 1866
Archbishop John J. Williams laid the cornerstone of the new St. Mary’s Church in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on this day in 1866, during the pastorate of Augustinian Father Louis Edge.
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B
Over the course of the past four weeks we have been invited to hear and reflect upon a
good portion of what is known as “the Bread of Life discourse” in the gospel of St. John.
Inasmuch as we are in the year of St. Mark, this shift to the fourth gospel for a 4-week period signifies the importance of this prominent discourse and serves as a reminder of the implications of it in our own lived faith-journey.
This Day in Province History: August 18, 1968
San Jose Obrero was officially established as a mission center, affiliate parish of the Chulucanas, Peru, Cathedral. Mass was celebrated to mark the occasion by Augustinian Bishop John McNabb and Friars Richard Appicci and Frank Kelly.
This Day in Province History: August 17, 1866
Prior General, Giovanni Belluomini, addressed an obedience to Fr. Patrick Moriarty, appointing him commissary general for the United States to replace Fr. Patrick Stanton in this role.
This Day in Province History: August 16, 1924
The Province Definitory formallly expressed the support of the American Province at the notice that the German Province was looking to open a foundation in Alberta, Canada.