News & Media
Stay up to date with recent happenings across the Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel.
Fr. Stephen Isley, OSA, ordained to priesthood
On Saturday, June 17, Augustinian Fr. Stephen Isley was ordained to the priesthood at St. Rita Shrine Chapel, Chicago
Fr. Tom McCarthy Steps Down as Director of Vocations
Fr. Tom will leave his post after having been highly effective and successful in bringing many new members into the Order
Speech from Fr. Jim Friedel: Keeping Things in Perspective
This speech was delivered by Father Jim Friedel, O.S.A. at this year's Augustinian Gala, April 28, 2017
Congratulations to Our Theologate Graduates!
The Augustinians congratulate Brothers Javier Aguilar, Stephen Isley, Aldo Potencia, and Philip Yang, OSA, who graduated from the Catholic Theological Union at a ceremony this Thursday, May 11.
Thank You to Our 2017 Gala Sponsors
Thank you to our gala committee, our sponsors, guests, and advertisers. Please join us in thanking all those took major sponsorships, those who sponsored tables, and those who placed ads in our program book.
Tribute Videos For Our 2017 Honorees
Watch the moving video tributes to our 2017 Honorees.
Blessed Solemnity of Our Mother of Good Counsel
Dear Friends of the Augustinians,On this Solemnity of Our Mother of Good Counsel, I wish you abundant blessings and wisdom
Meet 2017 Gala Honorees: Anne & Don Berschback
The Augustinians’ celebration of Anne and Don Berschback will be an evening 60 years in the making, starting from when a fifth-grade Don was mowing the summer grasses at St. Clare of Montefalco school in Grosse Point, MI.
Augustinians Support the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21
Augustinians of the Midwest mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, 2017, with prayer, reflection, witness and action individually, in their communities and in their ministries. The Augustinians invite and encourage all who identify with Augustinian spirituality and traditions to do likewise.
Funeral Homily for Fr. Bill Perez, O.S.A.
Delivered by the Very Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A., Ph.D., Prior Provincial of the Midwest Augustinians, on February 16, 2017 at St. Rita of Cascia Chapel at Cascia Hall, Tulsa, OK
Augustinian Gala Honoree: Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A.
For his work in the last eight years as Director of Augustinian Vocations alone, Father Tom McCarthy, O.S.A., deserves to be honored at this year’s gala. When you add to this his tenure as President of St. Rita of Cascia High School and his direction of numerous life-changing parish retreats, we become immeasurably indebted, as a family and community, to his selfless service.