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Between 15 and 17 January Fr. Luis Marin de San Martin, Assistant General of the Augustinian Order, paid a visit to our Malta Province. He is the Assistant General responsible for countries in Southern Europe i.e. Spain, Italy and Malta. He was recently re-appointed for a further six years by the Order’s General Council meeting held last September. Fr. Luis Marin was accompanied by Fr. Enrique Martin who presently is […]

On Wednesday 8 January Cardinal Grech’s corpse arrived in Malta. The funeral cortege started at 4.30 to Birgu where he was born and baptised. This was followed by prayers in the Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence. At 6 p.m. the cortege left Birgu and made its way to the Augustinian St Mark convent, Rabat. The following morning, Thursday 9 January, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, Cardinal Grech’s corpse remained

On Friday 3rd January 2020 a festschrift “Non laborat qui amat” honouring the Rev. Prof. Salvino Caruana OSA on the occassion of his 70th birthday was launched at St Augustine’s College, Pietà. This festschrift includes fifteen papers on St Augustine’s life, theology and philosophy. It has congratulatory messages by the late Cardinal Prospero Grech OSA, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Augustinian Prior-General Fr Alejandro Moral Antón OSA and the Prior-Provincial Fr

Fr. Prospero was born at Birgu, Malta on 24 December 1925, son of Vincent and Amelia nee’ Gatt and was named Stanley. His primary education was at the Mater Boni Consili school, Rahal il-Gdid and St. Catherine’s, Sliema. He continued his secondary education at the Lyceum. In 1943 he joined the Augustinian Order where he was given the name Prospero and his first two years of study in Philosophy were

In the afternoon of Monday 30 December 2019 His Eminence Cardinal Prospero Grech, an Augustinian, was called to eternal rest to join our Father in heaven. Cardinal Grech had just attained the venerable age of 94 years on Christmas eve. That same day he con-celebrated midnight Mass presided by His Holiness Pope Francis at St. Peters’ Basilica. Right up to the eve of his death he resided for many years

On Saturday 28th December, students from Tagaste Vok Club spent some time together beginning with a moment of prayer, a film and a Christmas Party. Since it was a nice day, they played some football as well! It was a nice moment for all those who participated.

On Friday 27th December the Augustinian Friars gathered for their annual Christmas Lunch. This year the Augustinian Community of Tarxien welcomed and offered the lunch for all the province. It was a beautiful experience sharing some time together!    

On Tuesday 17th December our Prior Provincial took part in a meeting of the Provincials of the South of Europe discussing the project of a common Novitiate for the provinces of Spain, Italy and Malta. At the moment there are two Italian novices at the Noviciate.  The Noviciate is being held in Pavia in the North of Italy, the place where the relics of our holy father Saint Augustine are