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Encountering One Another in the Joy of Hope.
The Novitiate Community of the Order of Saint Augustine joyfully celebrated Christmas under the theme “Encountering One Another in the Joy of Hope,” …
St. Augustine on Prayer: A Journey of Prayerful Waiting for Christ.
During the season of Advent—a sacred time marked by longing, expectation, and hopeful waiting for the coming of Christ..
Search-In: 2025
The 10th batch of APAN welcomes the search-inners as they begin their discernment journey. Last November 29 until 30, 21 young students from the Visayas region took part in the Search-in program conducted by the Augustinian Vocation promotion team headed by Fr. John Jericho Mier, OSA. …
Interiority: Journeying Within
On the 27th of November, 2025. The novices have had the privilege of having their monthly recollection to be led by the Prior Provincial, Rev. Fr. Andrew P. Batayola, OSA. With the theme: “Interiority: Journeying Within.”…
After the Storm
The storm had passed, leaving behind a heavy stillness. Everything seemed suspended in the silence of heaven and earth. No electricity, no internet, only the faint glow of a wax candle flickering in the darkened room…
Rosary Month & Simala Pilgrimage
Visiting one of the famous Marian shrines in Cebu is not obligatory for a novice; however, considering that the majority of the 10th APAN batch (2025–2026) are foreigners to the island, the visit was included in their schedule…
December
Encountering One Another in the Joy of Hope.
The Novitiate Community of the Order of Saint Augustine joyfully celebrated Christmas under the theme “Encountering One Another in the Joy of Hope,” …
St. Augustine on Prayer: A Journey of Prayerful Waiting for Christ.
During the season of Advent—a sacred time marked by longing, expectation, and hopeful waiting for the coming of Christ..
November
Search-In: 2025
The 10th batch of APAN welcomes the search-inners as they begin their discernment journey. Last November 29 until 30, 21 young students from the Visayas region took part in the Search-in program conducted by the Augustinian Vocation promotion team headed by Fr. John Jericho Mier, OSA. …
Interiority: Journeying Within
On the 27th of November, 2025. The novices have had the privilege of having their monthly recollection to be led by the Prior Provincial, Rev. Fr. Andrew P. Batayola, OSA. With the theme: “Interiority: Journeying Within.”…
After the Storm
The storm had passed, leaving behind a heavy stillness. Everything seemed suspended in the silence of heaven and earth. No electricity, no internet, only the faint glow of a wax candle flickering in the darkened room…
October
Rosary Month & Simala Pilgrimage
Visiting one of the famous Marian shrines in Cebu is not obligatory for a novice; however, considering that the majority of the 10th APAN batch (2025–2026) are foreigners to the island, the visit was included in their schedule…
Augustine on Humility
The 10th batch of APAN welcomes the search-inners as they begin their discernment journey. Last November 29 until 30, 21 young students from the Visayas region took part in the Search-in program conducted by the Augustinian Vocation promotion team headed by Fr. John Jericho Mier, OSA. …
September
Augustine on Love
The 10th batch of APAN welcomes the search-inners as they begin their discernment journey. Last November 29 until 30, 21 young students from the Visayas region took part in the Search-in program conducted by the Augustinian Vocation promotion team headed by Fr. John Jericho Mier, OSA. …
August
Feasts of St. Augustine & Monica
Every 27th and 28th of August, the whole Augustinian Family commemorates two significant figures of the Augustinian Order, St. Monica and St. Augustine, the spiritual father and inspiration of Augustinians worldwide…
Hope as an Existential Act
When we open the pages of Saint Augustine’s Confessions, we find not only the story of one man’s conversion, but also a mirror of our own struggles. Augustine does not speak to us from a distant pedestal; he speaks as a brother who wrestled with weakness, desire, and fear…
Building the Body of Christ in Our Time
When Fr. Tony Banks, OSA, Assistant General of the Order, spoke to us on the theme “We are the Body of Christ” (1 Cor 12:27), he did not simply offer a theological discourse. His words were more like an Augustinian meditation: drawing us inward…
The Power & Freedom of Surrender
Already excited for the events awaiting them in August, the novices were first given a brief moment of respite to reflect on the upcoming activities. On August 12, 2025, the novices attended another recollection, this time with Rev. Fr. Percival Sevare, whose theme was “The Power and Freedom of Surrender.”
July
Music – A Vocation to Listen and to Empty Oneself
Music, for me, is not merely notes. It is a path. A narrow path, yet one that opens into infinity. It is a vast interior space where the soul can speak, freely and gently – without many words..
Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation
After a month of settling in, the novices were honored by the presence of Rev. Fr. Harold Langahin, OSA, on the 24th of July, 2025. The purpose of his visit was to share words of wisdom and insight through a recollection centered on the theme, “Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC).”…
First Vows of Four Augustinian Novices
At the Sto. Niño de Cebu Parish in Mohon, Talisay City, last July 7, 2025, four young men officially embraced the Augustinian way of life by making their First Profession of Religious Vows….
June
Asia-Pacific Augustinian Novitiate Welcome the four new Novices
Last June 16, 2025, four novices officially began their year-long novitiate formation at the Augustinian Novitiate and Prayer house in Mohon, Talisay City, Cebu. The investiture of the Augustinian habit was held during morning prayer (Lauds) at the oratory…