‘Our brother Bob’ – Overjoyed Irish Augustinians welcome Pope Leo XIV - The Irish Catholic

Pope Leo XIV entered at the age of 14 into the Order of St. Augustine or Order of Augustinians, of which as time passed he became Provincial Prior of the Augustinian Province “Mother of the Good Council” of Chicago, in 1991, and in 2001, during the celebration of the Ordinary General Chapter of the Order of St. Augustine, he was elected Prior General, confirming it in 2007 for a second term. But, what is the Order of Augustinians and what is its…

By Maria WieringOSV News (OSV News) — In Pope Leo XIV’s first greeting after being introduced as pope on May 8, he described himself as “a son of St. Augustine.” The first American pope has spoken fondly in the past of the fifth-century convert, bishop, and intellectual powerhouse considered […] The post Who are the Augustinians, Pope Leo XIV’s order? appeared first on The Leaven Catholic Newspaper.

‘Our brother Bob’ – Overjoyed Irish Augustinians welcome Pope Leo XIV - The Irish Catholic

“I regard this man [Pope Leo XIV] as a friend, and I know him to be someone who is at home in any company, even though I am pretty sure he prefers the company of the poor,” said Augustinian Fr Noel Hession, PP Ballyboden Parish. Fr Hession said the Irish Augustinians know the Pope as… The post ‘Our brother Bob’ – Overjoyed Irish Augustinians welcome Pope Leo XIV appeared first on The Irish Catholic.

Augustinian Father John Merkelis shared six crucial teenage years (from 14 to 20) with the now Pope Leo XIV. By Javier Otazu Augustinian Father John Merkelis, who shared six crucial teenage years (from 14 to 20) with the now Pope Leo XIV, describes him above all as “a humble man,” but at the same time “quiet and solid.” Merkelis, president of a Catholic high school owned by the Augustinians—the same order as the Pope—on the outskirts of Chicago,…

The Augustinians celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the election of Pope Leo XIV, who was the prior general of the Order of St. Augustine. The Eucharist took place in the Augustinian convent of Valladolid and was presided over by Father Domingo Amigo, Provincial Prior of the Province of St. John of Sahagún, who highlighted the human, pastoral and missionary profile of the new Pontiff. “The Church joyfully welcomed the election …

Pope Leo XIV and his Augustinian papacy

ROME — In his self-introduction to a new universal flock, Pope Leo XIV drew attention to his ties with the Order of St. Augustine, in which he first professed vows in 1977. “I am an Augustinian, a son of St. Augustine,” he said, before quoting the order's patron: “With you I am a Christian, and for you I am a bishop.” The Augustinian spirituality has been a subtle undercurrent in the first days of the pontificate of Pope Leo, who served as prior…