Fund Priorities
The Augustinian Fund strengthens the mission of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova. Generous benefactors sustain the Augustinian way of life through support for the care of our elderly and infirm friars and the education and training of new members to the Augustinian Order. The Fund also provides support for Augustinian ministries that serve the poor and marginalized in foreign missions in Japan and Peru, the Augustinian Volunteer program and the Province's Justice and Peace Initiatives.
Supports the Augustinian Way of Life
m. louise Fitzpatrick fund for formation
The Augustinian Formation process unfolds in community, but begins with honest self-awareness and the companioning of experienced friars. A regimen of prayer, community living, service and study become for the candidate a full-time occupation.
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fr. george f. riley, O.s.a. fund for augustinian healthcare
Your generosity allows retired and infirm friars to enjoy life in community as well as compassionate and quality health care provided by the excellent nursing staff at Saint Thomas of Villanova Monastery.
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Supports Ministries for the Marginalized
fr. Richard d. appicci, O.S.A. fund for Augustinian foreign missions
These Peruvian children live in the mountain village of Pacaipampa where the Augustinians have a parish. Because they live so far away, students stay with local families during the week while they attend the regional public school. Your support makes it possible for students to receive a daily hot lunch through our Augustinian parish. Through the Augustinian Foreign Missions friars nurture the soul, feed the body and strengthen people’s abilities to care for themselves.
Fr. John e. deegan, o.s.a. fund for JUSTICE AND PEACE and the AUGUSTINIAN DEFENDERS OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR (A.D.R.O.P.)
A.D.R.O.P. is the praxis arm of the Province’s Office of Justice and Peace and impacts the lives of the under-insured by providing health care at its Unity Health Clinic in South Philadelphia in collaboration with Villanova University’s College of Nursing, Jefferson Methodist Hospital and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.