During the Lenten Season leading to the Sacred Triduum, we listened and reflected on how Christ was threatened by the status quo and eventually reduced to sweat, blood and tears in His passion.  His promise of the resurrection kept that spark of faith focused forward moving beyond the limits of sin and weakness witnessing to new life, that continues to offer us fresh opportunities and a renewed sense of hope. 

On March 27, 2019, Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. was elected as the President of the Commission on Education, Culture, and Cultural Heritage.

Rev. John H. Gaffney, O.S.A. has gone to eternal life. He took his last breath on March 19, 2019. He was 99 years of age.

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.