Augustine For Today
MAY 24 – MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS
“Mary is holy; she is blessed. Yet the Church is better than the Virgin Mary. Why? Because Mary is a part of the Church, a holy member, an excellent member of the Body. If Mary is a part of the whole Body, it is clear that the Body is greater than its mother.”
Sermon 72A, 7
This Day in Province History: May 23, 1847
Bishop Kenrick laid the cornerstone of the Church of St. Augustine in Philadelphia. Rain interrupted the ceremonies and the preacher, Fr. James Ryder, S.J. continued his discourse the following Monday evening.
Saint Rita of Cascia in Modern Life
In the midst of this pandemic, a lot of people are experiencing feelings of sadness, anxiety, fear, and isolation. Saint Rita, because of various events in her own life, dealt with all of these feelings too, and she pressed on because she deeply trusted in the Lord.
This Day in Province History: May 22, 1961
The Prior Provincial presented the plan of the Bishop of Miami, Florida, to open a liberal arts college and a parish, to begin September, 1961. Fr. Edward McCarthy was authorized to negotiate with the bishop.
This Day in Province History: May 21, 1899
Archbishop Sebastian Martinelli, OSA, blessed the cornerstone of Good Counsel Church, Philadelphia, the original foundation of the Augustinian Mission to Italian immigrants in the United States.
This Day in Province History: May 20, 1943
The Definitory approved the proposal of the Villanova House Chapter to expend $40,000 for the construction of a Chemical-Engineering Building and an additional sum for the Hoffman Property adjacent to the college for use as a dormitory.
Lay Augustinian Donates PPE to Monastery
Alenka Hocevar, Health Care Director at St. Thomas of Villanova Monastery, accepted a delivery of 100 N-95 masks from Lay Augustinian Julianne Marino for use by the friars and staff in the monastery.
Some Pastoral Activities During The Pandemic
In the Chulucanas Vicariate (Peru) the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the infected people very hard, but also those families that depend economically on the work carried out day by day.
This Day in Province History: May 19, 1879
Prior General, Giovanni Belluomini, reappointed Prior Provincial, Pacifico Neno, prefect of studies at Villanova College, despite Neno’s wish to relinquish the post.
This Day in Province History: May 18, 2013
Augustinian Cardinal Prospero Grech, co-founder of the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome, was awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Augustinian Education, at commencement exercises of Merrimack College.