April 11, 2020 — Augustinian eNews
Augustinian eNews Keeping you up-to-date Augustinian eNews The Augustinians Extend To You the Blessings of Easter Joy and Hope “Christ made himself an example of the life we live now by his labors, his temptations, his sufferings, and his death. In his resurrection he demonstrates the life we will live after death. Without him, all […]
This Day in Province History: April 14, 2007
The closing ceremony of Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. was held on this day. The community moved to a new location in Chicago, joining with the theological students of the Midwest and California Provinces at the Catholic Theological Union.
This Day in Province History: April 12, 1858
Bishop John McCloskey of Albany, in a letter bearing this date, entrusted the two churches, St. John’s in Lansingburg and St. Mary’s, Waterford, to the Augustinians.
Augustine For Today
APRIL 12 – SAINT JULIUS
“The life we are going to have in heaven will be one of perpetual quiet, everlasting happiness, unfailing bliss, without disturbance, sadness or death. Only those who experience it can know what such a life will be like and only those who believe it now will be able to experience it.”
Sermon 259, 1
This Day in Province History: April 11, 1912
A meeting of the Definitory at Villanova authorized a total appropriation of $34,000 for the building of the new St. Rita’s Hall at Villanova.
Augustine For Today
APRIL 11 – SAINT STANISLAUS
“The fullness of faith is to believe that Christ is both man and God. (Thomas) was offered the scars of his Savior to touch and when he touched them he exclaimed ‘My Lord and my God!’ He touched the man, he recognized God.”
Sermon 258, 3
Holy Week Masses
Join the Augustinian Friars from the St. Augustine Community in Chicago for the liturgical celebrations of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday at The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Chicago.
The Augustinians Extend To You the Blessings of Easter Joy and Hope
“Christ made himself an example of the life we live now by his labors, his temptations, his sufferings, and his death. In his resurrection he demonstrates the life we will live after death…”
This Day in Province History: April 9, 1962
The Definitory examined a letter of Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston concerning a contract to construct a new high school in Reading, Massachusetts.
This Day in Province History: April 8, 1958
Fr. Lorenzo Spirali purchased an estate in Cuba with donated funds, to be used as a house of postulants, to which a chapel was to be attached.