The Augustinian family prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV in Spain, united.
The Augustinian family will take part, united, in Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain from June 6 to 12, 2026. More than 6,000 people will join vigils, meetings and celebrations organized by the Spanish Augustinian Federation.
More than 6,000 people will take part in the events organized during the Holy Father’s apostolic visit from June 6 to 12, 2026
The countdown to Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit to Spain has begun. The Holy See has made official the programme of the journey the Holy Father will make from June 6 to 12, 2026, which will take him to Madrid, Barcelona, Montserrat, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
It will be a visit marked by prayer, meeting young people, closeness to the peripheries, dialogue with the world of culture and attention to social and migration realities. But it will also be an especially meaningful visit for the whole Augustinian family, which will take part, united, in the events planned for those days.
More than 6,000 people (children and young people, religious men and women, families, teachers and members of parishes and apostolates linked to the charism of Saint Augustine) will take part in the various events organized by the Augustinian orders and congregations present in Spain.
Taking part together will be the Order of Saint Augustine, the Augustinian Recollects, the Assumptionists, the Augustinian nuns, the Augustinian Recollect nuns, the Comendadoras de Santiago, the Augustinian Missionary Sisters, the Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters and the Augustinian Sisters of Amparo.
Pastoral materials to prepare for the visit
For this historic event, the Spanish Augustinian Federation (FAE) has also published a series of pastoral and liturgical materials to help schools, parishes, fraternities and religious communities prepare spiritually for the Holy Father’s visit.
The resources are available free of charge at agustinosconelpapa.com and include eight documents for different audiences: children, teenagers, young people, families, adult groups, lay fraternities, religious communities and liturgical celebrations.
The materials were prepared jointly and synodally by the different branches of the Augustinian family and are built around three keys inspired by the spirituality of Saint Augustine and the pontificate of Leo XIV: “Restless heart”, “Interiority” and “Communion”.
«For the first time in sixteen centuries, a son of Saint Augustine occupies the Chair of Peter. For us, welcoming him is a family matter», the FAE explains.
Combined schedule of Pope Leo XIV’s visit and of the Augustinian family in Spain
Thursday, June 4 | 12:00 p.m.
Simultaneous welcome event in Augustinian schools across Spain
Students and teachers from schools linked to the Augustinian family will go out into their playgrounds to pray for the spiritual fruits of the Holy Father’s journey and display welcome messages with murals, posters and songs.
Friday, June 5 | 8:00 p.m.
Prayer vigil of the Augustinian family
Church of the Comendadoras de Santiago (Madrid)
Young people from different parts of Spain will take part in a vigil of prayer and spiritual preparation ahead of the Pope’s arrival.
Saturday, June 6 | 10:30 a.m.
Pope Leo XIV arrives in Madrid
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
Official start of the Holy Father’s apostolic journey to Spain.
Saturday, June 6 | 11:30 a.m.
Official welcome ceremony
Royal Palace of Madrid
Institutional reception of the Holy Father at the start of his apostolic visit.
Saturday, June 6 | 12:30 p.m.
Gathering and sending-forth of young Augustinians
San Agustín School, Madrid
A morning of fellowship and a sending-forth celebration for the young people of the Augustinian family before they join the vigil with the Pope.
Saturday, June 6 | 8:30 p.m.
Prayer vigil with young people presided over by Pope Leo XIV
Plaza de Lima (Madrid)
One of the central events of the apostolic journey, with thousands of young people from the Augustinian family taking part together.
Sunday, June 7 | 10:00 a.m.
Holy Mass presided over by the Holy Father
Plaza de Cibeles (Madrid)
Eucharistic celebration with a Corpus Christi procession.
Sunday, June 7 | 4:30 p.m.
The Pope’s private meeting with members of the Order of Saint Augustine
Apostolic Nunciature in Madrid
An especially significant event for the Order of Saint Augustine.
Sunday, June 7 | 6:00 p.m.
Meeting “Weaving networks with the world of culture, art, economy and sport”
Movistar Arena (Madrid)
Meeting of the Holy Father with representatives of the cultural and social world.
Monday, June 8 | 7:00 p.m.
Meeting with the diocesan community
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Madrid)
A large ecclesial gathering with faithful from different Spanish dioceses.
Tuesday, June 9 | 8:00 p.m.
Prayer vigil in Barcelona
Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium
Celebration presided over by the Holy Father with young people and church communities from Catalonia.
Wednesday, June 10 | 4:30 p.m.
Meeting with diocesan charity and care organizations
Church of Saint Augustine (Barcelona)
The Holy Father takes part in one of the events held in an Augustinian church during the journey.
Wednesday, June 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Holy Mass at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia
Barcelona
Eucharistic celebration and inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia.
Thursday, June 11 | 1:30 p.m.
Meeting with bishops, priests, religious men and women and pastoral workers
Cathedral of Saint Anne (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Pastoral meeting of the Holy Father with the Church in the Canary Islands.
Friday, June 12 | 12:15 p.m.
Closing Holy Mass of the apostolic journey
Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The last great celebration of Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to Spain before his return to Rome.
A historic visit for the family of Saint Augustine
Pope Leo XIV’s visit also coincides with the 770th anniversary of the Grand Union of 1256, the event that gave rise to the Augustinian family as we know it today.
For thousands of religious men and women, lay people and young people linked to Augustinian spirituality, these days will therefore be a unique experience of ecclesial communion and spiritual renewal around the Successor of Peter.
The Spanish Augustinian Federation invites the whole Church in Spain to accompany this time of grace by using the materials prepared for the occasion and taking part in the various events organized during the apostolic journey.