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RECOLLECTS
HISTORY OF THE
AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT
ORDER
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a mendicant Catholic
religious order of friars and
nuns
 a reformist offshoot from
the Augustinian hermit
friars but follows the same
Rule of St. Augustine
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December 5, 1588
 Provincial Chapter of
Castile of Order of the
Hermits of Saint
Augustine in Toledo, Spain
 the birth of Augustinian
Recollection
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“Since there are or can be among us some brothers so
desirous of monastic perfection that they would want to
follow a more austere plan of life, and whose legitimate
desire is to be furthered so that no obstacles be placed in
the part of the work of the Holy Spirit, […] we determine
that, in our Province, three or more monasteries for men
be set aside or newly founded and the same number for
women, in which a stricter form of life may be practiced…”
- Fifth Ordinance of the Provincial Chapter
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September 20, 1589

 Approval of the Forma de
Vivir (Rule of Life)
 Composed by Fray Luis de
Leon
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FEBRUARY 11, 1602

Papal Brief Apostolici
Muneris
of Pope Clement VIII

 separation of the first Recollects from

the province of Castile
 Became the province of Saint
Augustine of Discalced (Descalzos)
Recollect friars of Spain
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JUNE 5, 1621
Papal Brief Militantis
Ecclesiae
of Pope Gregory XV

 raised the sole Recollect province to

the rank of congregation under a vicar
general
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SEPTEMBER 16, 1912

Papal Brief Religiosas
Familias
of Pope St. Pius X

 elevated to the rank of religious order

with full juridical autonomy
 formally recognized as a mendicant
order, the last to be so designated
THE AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECT
ORDER
IN THE PHILIPPINES
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MAY 12, 1606
Arrival of the First
Group of Augustinian
Recollect Missionaries
in Cebu
MAY 31, 1606
Arrival in Manila
 first convent at Bagumbayan in
the outskirts of the walled city
 in 1608 mother-house San
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Zambal Bamba
es n First
Mindor Morion Missions
1622
o es
Romblo Mabala 1635

n cat 1679
Ticao 1688
Bohol Masbat 1621
e 1768
Palawan 1848
Burias
Calamia
nes Cebu

Negros
Caraga
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Saint Ezequiél Moreno,

O.A.R.
 a native of La Rioja, Spain
 ordained a priest by the
Archbishop of Manila in 1871
 founded the Cathedral of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Palawan
 appointed bishop of Pasto in
Colombia
 canonized in 1992 by Pope St.
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