This Day in Province History: January 29, 1881
Prior Provincial Pacifico Neno left Philadelphia for Rome to assume his new duties Commissary General of the Order, decreed by order of Pope Leo XIII. Father Patrick Stanton completed his term of office.
This Day in Province History: January 28, 1906
Father Serafino Aurigemma arrived in Boston from Naples, Italy, en route to assist in the Italian Augustinian Mission centered in Philadelphia. He would serve in the American Province, principally in Mechanicville, New York for the remainder of his life.
This Day in Province History: January 27, 1860
Fr. Thomas Galberry assumed the office of pastor of St. John Parish in Lansingburgh, New York, bought property to establish a parish cemetery and built a new church, naming it Saint Augustine.
This Day in Province History: January 26, 1869
Present this day at the funeral of Father James Blake, pastor of St. Augustine Church, Troy, New York, were nearly 100 priests of Albany. Bishop McNierney of Albany was the celebrant of the solemn mass of requiem.
This Day in Province History: January 24, 1869
On this day in 1869, Father James Waldron opened a new mission in Greenwich, New York, and celebrated the first Mass in the Hall of the Sons of Temperance, in the presence of about 250 people, among them two girls, 17 and 19 years of age respectively, who until that day had never seen a priest.
This Day in Province History: February 21, 2012
Fr. Robert Prevost, Prior General, officially established the Federation of Augustinians of North America (FANA) acceding to the request of the four North American Provincials and their respective Councils, and the wishes of their constituencies.
January 16 – Commemoration of the Deceased Relatives of Members of our Order
Today we remember all of the deceased relatives of members of the Order of Saint Augustine. We recognize that many of them were particularly influential in accompanying us in our journey to and through religious life. Our indebtedness to them, as well as our natural affection for them through the ties of blood, moves us to pray in a special way for their eternal happiness and peace.
This Day in Province History: January 3, 1899
The Provincial and Council voted to accept on this day the offer of the Archdiocese of New York of a parish on Staten Island to be named Our Lady of Good Counsel.
This Day in Province History: December 31, 1925
Prior General Eustasius Esteban raised the status of the Italian Mission in the United States to that of a Vice Province of the Order, and named Fr. Nicholas Vasey, the Villanova Provincial, as temporary Commissary Provincial.
This Day in Province History: December 30, 1848
The trustees of Villanova College adopted the official seal for the new institution with typical Augustinian features of bible, cross, crozier, cincture, and flaming heart pierced by an arrow, but with no wording.