We just posted pics from our recent retreat, Daily Living with the Values and Teachings of St. Augustine, online.  Click here to see these photos from St. Jude Catholic Church in New Lenox.

Fr. Brian Barker, O.S.A., an Augustinian priest serving at Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, will release his fourth album Promise by the end of September 2013.  Fr. Barker began serving in Tulsa after professing his first vows in the Augustinian Order in August 2013.  He is currently the school's Campus Minister and Director of Music Ministry.

Fr. Bernie Scianna, O.S.A., Prior Provincial of the Midwest Augustinians, offers his closing thoughts of the Augustinians' 2013 General Chapter in Rome.  

The St. Rita of Cascia Parish in Racine, Wisconsin recently welcomed the new Augustinian novices.  Check out the link to the new photo gallery just posted!

We are happy to share that the Augustinians of the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel have been awarded two Lumen Awards by the National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC):   Best Publication Without a Gift Envelope and Best Accountability/Annual Report.  Read more.

Fr. Bernie's update from Augustinian General Chapter in Rome:  New Prior General elected to lead the worldwide Augustinians.  Also, Augustinians write declaration to stand with Pope Francis in prayer for peace on September 7.

Prior Provincial, the Very Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A., Ph.D. updates us from Rome on the General Chapter:  honoring Fr. Robert Prevost, O.S.A.'s final day in office, reflecting on Pope Francis' prayers for peace in Syria, and more.  Read on...

For the second year in a row, students from Villanova College, and Augustinian school in King City, Ontario, visited the Augustinian missions in Northern Peru.  Read on about their experience, being united in Christ with those in our missions thousands of miles away.

September 21, 2013 is the 32nd anniversary of the International Day of Peace. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1981 that each September a Day of Peace shall be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.

Prior Provincial Fr. Bernie Scianna, O.S.A. shares his experience of meeting Pope Francis on the Feast of St. Augustine in Rome.  Read his inspirational reflection on Fr. Bob Prevost, O.S.A.'s departing remarks as Prior General, Pope Francis' homily, and more!

Prior Provincial Fr. Bernie Scianna, O.S.A. updates us from the Augustinian General Chapter, about to begin in Rome tomorrow.  He discusses the Feast Day of St. Monica, Pope Francis' upcoming Mass with the Augustinians, and electing the Prior General to lead the world-wide Augustinians the next six years.

On August 11, 2013, Fr. Robert Prevost, O.S.A. received the first vows of three Augustinian novices:  Fr. Brian Barker, O.S.A., Brother Bernie Cissell, O.S.A., and Brother Joe Ruiz, O.S.A.  Watch this beautiful, short video recap of the event.  It contains excerpts of Fr. Bernie Scianna, O.S.A.'s homily and an important message from Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A.