Augustinian Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova

Solemnity of All Saints - Year A Homily by John J. Lydon, O.S.A. Vicariato San Juan de Sahagun Trujillo (La Libertad) Peru... "Today we are only a couple of days away from the election of a new president and congress. It is a time of great emotion with both sides saying that it is the most important election in recent memory. However, as a community of faith we are challenged by God’s Word today to look beyond the voting of Tuesday, which will result in half the country celebrating and the other half manifestly disappointed, to the question of our call to holiness, certainly within the present context, but with a longer vision. The call to holiness is a call we all receive from our baptism and which we are called to live individually. At the same time our faith teaches us that God saved a people and called a people to a covenant of love, and so we are also called to be a holy people..." https://www.augustinian.org//solemnity-of-all-saints-year-a

Enjoy the FALL Digital Issue of the AUGUSTINIAN! http://ow.ly/Ey3l50C63NS View exclusive photographs of the Cascia Center Groundbreaking by Fr. Dan McLaughlin, O.S.A. Listen to the Mind Quieting Meditation presented by Fr. David Cregan, O.S.A., from the Mind Body Soul feature. Effortlessly register for the November 10th event; Augustinian Prayer in Everyday Life, with Augustinian Friars, Fr. Michael Di Gregorio, O.S.A., Prior Provincial, Fr. Francis Doyle, O.S.A., and Fr. Da...vid Cregan, O.S.A. #OneMindAndHeartOnTheWayToGod #AugustiniansSTOV National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor (A.D.R.O.P.) Augustinian Volunteers Augustinian Vocations Malvern Preparatory School St. Augustine Preparatory School Merrimack College Villanova University Villanova Campus Ministry Staugustineparish St. Augustine Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish Our Mother of Good Counsel St. Augustine Church St. Nicholas Of Tolentine Parish St Thomas of Villanova Parish

Your kindness directly benefits friars like Brs. Jeremy Hiers, O.S.A. and Bill Gabriel, O.S.A. on their the formation journey, the care of our elderly and infirm friars at the Saint Thomas of Villanova Monastery, and the friars’ ministries that serve the disenfranchised. To learn more about the impact of your support, please visit: www.augustinianfund.org/fall-appeal. ** The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides tax incentives for donors through 2020. If you do not itemize deductions, you may take an above the line deduction up to $300 in cash gifts when you support the friars. For more information, please visit: www.augustinian.plannedgiving.org/cares-act.

View images from the Ordination Mass of Fr. Daniel L. Madden, O.S.A., and Deacon Elizandro M. Contreras, O.S.A., who were ordained on Saturday, October 10, 2020 by Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Pérez at St. Thomas of Villanova Church. https://www.augustinian.org/news/new-ordination-images

This Day in Province History: October 28, 1967 Frs. Francis Kelly, Richard Appicci and Br. Patrick Sheridan arrived in Peru as the first members of the Villanova Province to join in the Peruvian mission effort of the Midwest Province.

The Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova serves the Augustinian Volunteers program: recent college graduates who feel called to spend a year in service to others while living in an intentional community and committing to personal and spiritual development.

November 13th, the birthday of Saint Augustine and the Feast of All Saints of our Order, is also a Day of Prayer for Augustinian Vocations. The three North American Augustinian Provinces will observe Vocation Awareness Week from November 8th through the 15th. The Vocation Directors for the three Provinces will be promoting awareness in person, where possible, as well as virtually, particularly in the ministries where we serve. Please continue to check the Augustinian Vocations website (beafriar.org,) our Province website, and social media for more information. https://www.augustinian.org//augustinian-friars-of-north-a Augustinian Vocations

The month of November, in our Catholic tradition, is a time of special remembrance of our beloved brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the Lord. Accordingly, we wish to invite all of the family members, friends and benefactors of our Province to send us the names of the deceased whom they wish the friars to remember in prayer throughout the month of November. To send us the names of those you wish us to remember please click here: https://www.augustinian.org/remembrance

The nationwide premiere of extraORDINARY, The Bill Atkinson Story, a powerful documentary on the life and impact of Augustinian Friar, Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A., the first quadriplegic priest in the history of the Catholic Church will be aired on PBS station WHYY in Philadelphia on All Saints Day, Sunday, November 1 at 5 p.m. In 1965, a tobogganing accident left 19-year-old Bill Atkinson paralyzed from the neck down. He was hospitalized, spending a year rehabbing in Philade...lphia. After the year of rehab, Atkinson expressed his wish to continue as an Augustinian. extraORDINARY, The Bill Atkinson Story is coming to your area! http://ow.ly/znyi50C2Dgk Watch Promo Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch

Fray Art Purcaro, O.S.A. te invita a retomar el Libro XII de las Confesiones de San Agustín, donde Agustín nos anima a pensar en Jesucristo, el Hijo de Dios. https://www.augustinian.org/la-serie-de-videos-confesiones-

BUSCANDO UN PROPOSITO Y UNA SATISFACCION EN TU VIDA? Dios te llama a elegir cosas definitivas el descubrir ese plan y el responder a tu vocación es el moverse hacia la satisfacción personal. -Papa Francisco Si estás interesado en aprender más sobre la Orden de San Agustín y lo que significa ser Agustino, favor de visitar nuestra página: www.beafriar.org

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