Each year, the Church gives us the season of Lent as a spiritual journey toward Easter. For forty days, Christians prepare to celebrate the central mystery of our faith: the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This season, inspired by the forty days Christ spent in the desert, invites conversion of heart and a profound renewal of our Christian life. However, Lent is not simply a set of religious practices. Beyond prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—the three traditi

Professor Esther Ruiz Simón reflects on the importance of educating in beauty as a path towards truth, virtue, and contemplation in the educational process. We are publishing the first collaboration on Recoletos.org by Esther Ruiz Simón , a professor in the area of Theory and History of Education at Rey Juan Carlos University . She teaches in the Primary and Early Childhood Education degrees, as well as in the Master’s in Teacher Training for Secondary Education, Baccalaurea

Pope Leo XIV, known as the "Mathematics Pope" for his degree in Mathematics from Villanova University, has sent a message on the occasion of the International Day of Mathematics in which he invites the integration of the moral dimension into the development of algorithms and artificial intelligence. ACI PRENSA. On the occasion of the International Day of Mathematics, celebrated on March 14, Pope Leo XIV—who holds a degree in Mathematics from Villanova University—encourages ma

In her first published article, Carmen Montejo, Sister General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, reflects on International Women's Day in the light of the Gospel and the Augustinian charism. The Vocation of Women in the Augustinian Recollect Family This is the first article published by Carmen Montejo, Sister General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects , in which she reflects on the meaning of International Women’s Day from an evangelical and Augustinian perspective.

More than 400 Augustinian teachers from across Spain participated in the opening of the 32nd Augustinian Education Forum 2026, a well-established space for training, pedagogical reflection, and fraternal encounter. This year, the event was held under the theme "AI with a teaching heart," inviting participants to delve deeper into the dialogue between technological innovation and educational humanism. Our teachers actively participated in this event, which inspires us to conti

Recoletos.org | The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Leo XIV will make an Apostolic Journey to Spain from June 6 to 12, 2026. The Prior General of the Augustinian Recollects has expressed his joy at the news. The Holy See Press Office has published today, February 25, 2026, in its bulletin (Bolletino N. 0159), the official announcement of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming Apostolic Journey to Spain, which will take place from June 6 to 12, 2026. According to

Argentina takes a key step in educational transformation with the launch of Informatic Cor Unum in Deum - iCUID, a digital platform developed by the Order of Augustinian Recollects that integrates institutional communication, pedagogical support, and educational management into a single digital ecosystem. Friar Marcelo Corleto, OAR, explains that it is "a proposal designed to safeguard what is most valuable in our educational communities: the students and their learning proce