SAN DIEGO — The Augustinian Family has gotten bigger.
In an official notice shared March 18 by the Province of St. Augustine in California, the Order of St. Augustine announced the “formal aggregation” of the Sisters of Nazareth.
With the aggregation, which went into effect on Aug. 28, 2025, the Sisters of Nazareth “enter into full spiritual communion with the Augustinian Family,” and their congregation “shares in the spiritual goods of the Order, including the indulgences, privileges and graces granted by the Apostolic See to the Order of St. Augustine,” the news release said.
“This aggregation signifies not only a canonical act, but a profound spiritual communion,” said Augustinian Father Barnaby Johns, prior provincial of the Province of St. Augustine in California.
“It affirms a close religious bond rooted in the teaching of our holy father St. Augustine and strengthens our shared call to seek God together, with one soul and one heart turned toward him,” said Father Johns, who noted that the Sisters of Nazareth, like the Augustinian friars, live their community life guided by the Rule of St. Augustine.
The Sisters of Nazareth remain “a completely independent congregation” after the aggregation, acknowledged Sister Rose Hoye, regional superior.
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