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Fr. Joe Narog, O.S.A., is the Vocation Director for the St. Thomas of Villanova Province in the United States. Hear about Fr. Joe's Augustinian Calling to a religious vocation as we celebration Vocation Awareness Week!

Br. Nicholas Stone is a newly Simply Professed to the Order of St. Augustine. Hear from his family about his growth in his faith and his journey as he discerned a religious vocation with the Augustinians.

Br. Nicholas Stone is a Simply Professed with the Order of St. Augustine. Learn about his journey and his calling to the Augustinians with this video celebrating his recent Simple Profession.

On Saturday, December 18th, the Augustinians were delighted to celebrate the ordination of two priests to the Midwest Province of our Mother of Good Counsel. Fr. Jeff Raths, O.S.A., from Flint, MI and Fr. Joe Roccasalva, O.S.A., from Chicago, IL, were ordained by Augustinian Bishop Daniel Turley at St. Jude Parish in New Lenox, IL.

On Saturday May 8th the Augustinians welcomed three new solemnly professed Augustinians: Fr. Ray Flores, O.S.A.; Br. Jeff Raths, O.S.A.; and Br. Joe Roccasalva, O.S.A. In a celebration held at St. Rita of Cascia Parish in Chicago, the three made their lifelong commitment to the Order before Very Rev. Anthony B. Pizzo, Prior Provincial of the Midwest Augustinian Province.

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The Midwest Province of the Augustinian Order celebrated the ordination of Chicago-native Fr. Samuel Joutras, O.S.A. at the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel on June 12, 2021. Presided by Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A., the liturgy also included the ordination into the transitional diaconate of Br. Jeff Raths, O.S.A. and Br. Joe Roccasalva, O.S.A., both of whom anticipate entering the priesthood this winter. For more information about the Augustinian Order and discerning your vocation visit beafriar.org

beafriar.org The Augustinians were blessed to celebrate of the ordination to the priesthood of three of our friars - Fr. Bill Gabriel, Fr. Jeremy Hiers and Fr. Elizandro Contreras - on Saturday, June 26, 2021. In this brief video, we look back at the joyous day and hear interviews with these three extraordinary men as they share their faith journeys and how it led them to the Order of St. Augustine.

Br. Bill Gabriel, O.S.A., and Br. Jeremy Hiers, O.S.A., solemnly committed their lives to God as Augustinian Friars through the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at St. Thomas of Villanova Church in Villanova, PA on November 14, 2020. The celebrant was Fr. Michael Di Gregorio, O.S.A., Prior Provincial. The pair now anticipate their Ordination to the Priesthood, together with Br. Elizandro Contreras, O.S.A., on June 26th 2021. https://beafriar.org/