As we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are reminded that we are always in process of building up the Kingdom of God or as King called it “the Beloved Community.”

“A Future We Can Hope In” is an article written by Rev. Joseph McCormick, O.S.A. This article originally appears in the Pastor Column of the Homer Horizon.

Please join the Augustinians in mourning the loss of Rev. Gerald J. Van Overbeek, O.S.A. who passed away at the age of 84 and was born into eternal life on January 1, 2019.

Adriana Moreno, the Midwest Augustinians’ Advancement Associate, comes to the Province after working for the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs and the Midwest Jesuits.

On the occasion of Fr. Bernie's 25th Anniversary Mass at St. Rita Shrine Chapel in Chicago, Mark Hacker, Provincial Advancement Council Member and St. Rita High School Alumnus, spoke in honor of the former Prior Provincial.

Read Fr. Bernie’s Homily from his Mass in celebration of his 25th Anniversary of Ordination.

In recent years, the Midwest Augustinians have been increasing their presence and ministry in the diocese of Joliet.

The Order of St. Augustine in Canada has managed a parish and shrine at Marylake in King City, Ontario for almost sixty years and seeks to hire their first Advancement Officer in the history of the Shrine.

The Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of the Augustinian Order has an immediate opening for a full-time accounting/administrative assistant in their Treasurer’s office.

We are looking for an energetic, organized, "people person” who enjoys working with a variety of people in a pleasant setting. This person must be flexible, service-oriented, and a total team player willing to learn new things. He or she must be comfortable working for a Catholic mission organization, and with the donors and volunteers who support that mission.

Letter to the Order of St. Augustine from the Prior General

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In light of the recent report on clerical abuse by the grand jury of Pennsylvania, I have felt compelled to address this by briefly commenting on how disheartening this has been.  Just the idea, let alone the evidence produced, of over 1000 children and young people abused by hundreds of clergy and religious is stunning.