Augustinians

The Midwest Augustinians recently affiliated eight new members to the religious order during their Province's Diamond Jubilee Opening Mass on April 25, 2015. This jubilee will be a year-long celebration marking 75 years as the order's Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel. Celebrant for the Mass was the Most. Rev. Alejandro Moral Antón, O.S.A., the worldwide leader of the Augustinian Order, who was visiting from Rome for the special event.

According to the Augustinian Constitution, the honor of affiliation is given to the "faithful who merit special recognition because their distinguished cooperation for the good of the Order." Those receiving this highest honor from the Midwest Augustinians include those in the front row of the photo below.

Bottom row from left to right: Mike Heeney; Letitia Olinger; Frank I. Caldarone; Sr. Ardis Cloutier, O.S.F.; Deacon Jim Foody, M.D.; Maria Andrade; Deacon David Andrade; and Chuck Engvall, CPA; Top row from left to right: Very Rev. Joseph Farrell, O.S.A., Augustinian Vicar General; Very Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A., Ph.D., Augustinian Prior Provincial; Most Rev. Robert F. Prevost, O.S.A., Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru; Most Rev. Alejandro Moral Antón, O.S.A., Augustinian Prior General; and Fr. Tony Pizzo, O.S.A., Pastor of St. Rita Parish, Chicago.

Three additional affiliates received their Certificates of Affiliation on April 19, 2015, which is the day following Cascia Hall's Celebrate Cascia annual event. The new Affiliates received their honors personally from the Augustinian Prior General, the Most Rev. Alejandro Moral Antón, O.S.A.

          Roger Carter
          Bonnie Leighty
          Connie Leo

In addition to the above affiliates from the United States, the following are new Augustinian affiliates from Canada:
          Adele Laureen Britz
          Father Gregory Lawrence Hogan
          John A. Gennaro
         Gus Getz
         Frank Stadler
         Luciano Conte
         Joseph G. Gennaro
         Quinto M. Annibale

Three Augustinian Bishops Dan Turley, Robert Prevost, and John McNabb celebrate together in Peru.

The Augustinian Community is rejoicing at the episcopal ordination of one of their own, Bishop Robert Prevost, for the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, on Saturday, December 13. Celebrating with Bishop Prevost were two other Augustinian bishops of the Diocese of Chulucanas (also in Peru ) -- Bishop Dan Turley (the current bishop) and Bishop John McNabb (bishop emeritus) who is reported to be one of the two surviving American attendees to Vatican II.

Congratulations to Bishop Prevost !!

In August, 2014, Brothers Nick Mullarkey, Colin Nardone, and Joe Siegel all professed their first vows as Augustinians. Their professions were held at the chapel of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and St. Rita Shrine Chapel in Chicago. Listen to homily excerpts from Michael Di Gregorio, Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, and from Bernard Scianna, Prior Provincial of the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, on the video here. As you listen to the homilies, note the references to the Year of Consecrated Life.

Fr. Rich Young professed his solemn vows in the Augustinian Order on May 16, the feast of Augustinian Saints Alypius and Possidius. Watch a video here of the profession which took place during the 107th annual novena to St. Rita of Cascia, at the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago.

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