News & Media
Stay up to date with recent happenings across the Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel.
Pastoral Visit to the Vicariate of Iquitos, Peru
From September 29 until October 6, the Provincial was invited to attend a special event in the Parish of Santo Cristo de Bagazán in Iquitos, Peru.
Province welcomes three Pre-Novices
in 2021, the Midwest Augustinian were blessed to welcome three Pre-Novices into our newly established community, St. Clare Friary.
Alumni of Augustinian Academy Celebrate 50 Years of Fellowship
By Prior Provincial Fr. Tony Pizzo, O.S.A.
Felices Fiestas de Ss. Agustin y Monica
Buone Feste della Famiglia Agostiniana in onore di Ss. Agostino e Monica
Esta doble fiesta de los Santos. Mónica y Agustín nos ofrecen algunas reflexiones imprescindibles sobre las que reflexionar.
Message on the Feasts of St. Monica and St. Augustine for the Prior Provincial
This dual feast of Saints Monica and Augustine offer us some essential thoughts to reflect on.
Funeral Arrangements for Fr. Karl Gersbach, O.S.A.
We are saddened to inform you that Rev. Karl A. Gersbach, O.S.A. peacefully passed on to eternal life on August 21, 2021 at 4:15 am. He was 86 years of age. Please keep Fr. Karl and his family in your prayers.
Letter on the Violence in Chicago from Prior Provincial Anthony Pizzo, O.S.A.
Since its founding, the Midwest Province of Augustinians has had its base located in Chicago. In our association with each other we find that we are connected to a greater or lesser degree to this city of great heritage as a city of culturally rich neighborhoods where many of us Augustinians were born, raised and still minister.
Province Celebration of the Feast of St. Augustine & St. Monica
Prior Provincial Very Rev. Anthony B. Pizzo, O.S.A. Invites You to Celebrate The Solemnity of Saints Augustine & Monica on Saturday, August 28, 2021
Sponsor our new Pre-Novitiate House - St. Clare Friary
A letter of appeal from Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A., Fr. Bernie Scianna, O.S.A., Fr. Ray Flores, O.S.A., & Fr. Paul Koscielniak, O.S.A.
Fr. Sam Joutras, O.S.A. Ordained to the Priesthood
The Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel is proud to announce the ordination of Fr. Samuel Joutras, O.S.A. to the Order of Presbyter. The liturgy was presided by the Most Rev. Daniel Turley, O.S.A., retired bishop of Chulucanas, Peru, and celebrated on June 12th at the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago.
The Passing of Br. John Patrick Currier, O.S.A.
It is with deep sadness to inform our friends and benefactors that Br. John Patrick Currier, O.S.A. peacefully passed on to eternal life on May 6, 2021. He was 78 years of age.
Please keep Br. John Patrick and his family in your prayers and in your masses.
Death of Sister Camino Fernandez, O.S.A.
It is with deep sadness to inform our friends and Midwest Augustinian benefactors that Sister Camino Fernandez, O.S.A. of the Mother of Good Counsel Monastery in New Lenox, IL peacefully passed into eternal life on April 27, 2021.