A warm photo gallery video recapping some of the most memorable moments of 2014 for the Augustinian Family.  Merry Christmas from Fr. Bernie and the Augustinians!

Fr. Pizzo and Dr. Foody have been named as the honorees for the third annual Augustinian Gala on April 24, 2015 in Chicago. We will also have a special “Diamond Jubilee” remembrance for the late Fr. Ray Ryan.  Learn more about each of them here in this press release.

On November 3, 2014, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis named the Most Reverend Robert F. Prevost, O.S.A., to be the fourth Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru.  Bishop-elect Prevost is scheduled to be ordained a bishop in Chiclayo, Peru, on December 12, 2014, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  This article is a description and explanation of his coat of arms.

On Saturday November 22, 2014 Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, Edwardsburg, Michigan celebrated the dedication of its new church with close to 400 parishioners in attendance. See photos from the dedication Mass here.

Jen Graves, alum at Providence Catholic High School, shares her story on how the Augustinians have impacted her life, first by being a student at an Augustinian school, leading her to become the woman she is today.  Read more.

G.T. Bynum, Tulsa City Councilor, was recently appointed to serve a two-year term on the Augustinian Advancement Advisory Council.  The Very Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A., Ph.D., who is the Augustinians’ Prior Provincial and former Headmaster of Cascia Hall, appointed Bynum to serve on the council.

Yesterday, Wednesday, 6 November 2014, the news was announced that Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, OSA, of the Province of Nigeria, has been named by Pope Francis as Bishop of the Diocese of Uromi, Edo State, Nigeria.  Read this announcement from the Prior General here:

The Fall 2014 issue of The Midwest Augustinian is now available for download.  Read your copy now

Pope Francis recently appointed Bishop-elect Robert F. Prevost, O.S.A., to serve as the Bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.  Read more here!

Fr. Terry Deffenbaugh, O.S.A.’s highly acclaimed book, No Longer a Stray: The Gospel According to Pup-Pup (Scepter, 2005), presents the Gospels through the eyes of Pup-Pup, a fictional stray dog adopted by a young Jesus.  The book has been translated into Spanish, and Pup-Pup's narrative can be read in that language. 

Bill and Bonnie Leighty were forever marked for life by their encounter with the Augustinians of Cascia Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  "At the same time it is difficult to put into words the profound impact that the Midwest Augustinian Province’s ministry and mission through Cascia Hall has had on our lives," Bill says.  Read their story here.

Yesterday was the Feast Day of a Saint that I saw at a Mass in the parking lot of Five Holy Martyrs in Chicago on October 5, 1979 with my Grandmother, Mom and Aunt, shook his hand and took a picture with him after Mass in his private chapel in the Papal Apartment on November 3, 1999, and took a group of students to see him in Rome during the Jubilee Year 2000 World Youth Day...