The religious will be deliberating about the future of the Augustinian Recollects in the United States and they will elect their Prior Provincial for coming three years.The shortage of vocations and the beatification of Bishop Gallegos, were presented in the chapter of North America
The monastery of the Augustinian Recollects in Oxnard, California, USA, began on June 15th, the 21st Provincial Chapter of the Province of Saint Augustine. The lack of vocations and the cause for the beatification of Bishop Alfonso Gallegos, Augustinian Recollect, are two of the topics that were highlighted at beginning of this chapter.
Fr. Charles Huse, current Prior Provincial, thanked the religious for the help offered to him during the past three years. In his presentation on the State of the Province, he made a strong emphasis on the aging of its members and the lack of new vocations. This report was supported by the presentation given by Fr. Marlon Beof, president of the Secretariat of Vocations and Formation. For their part, the vocation promoters on the east coast and on the west coast gave a report of their activities and noted that few candidates have requested to enter the community within this last triennium.
Bishop Gallegos
The president of the Secretariat of Spirituality, Fr. Domingos Machado, asked Fr. John Oldfield to update the community on the cause of beatification and canonization of Bishop Alfonso Gallegos, Augustinian Recollect. The notary of the cause, Fr. Eliseo González, provided new information and requested to continue spreading his fame of sanctity, communicating to others the life and works of Bishop Gallegos, who dedicated himself to the less fortunate.
The coordination of the Secular Augustinian Fraternities (SAR) and the possibility of a sabbatical year for the religious were also discussed.
During the coming days, the religious will be deliberating about the future of the Augustinian Recollects in the United States and they will elect their Prior Provincial for coming three years.
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Province of St. Augustine
On the 13th of August of 1943, authorization was received from the Congregation of Religious to permit the creation of the Province of St. Augustine with the houses and religious of the houses which the Province of Our Lady of Candelaria had in the United States, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.