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SILENCE

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St. Augustine’s Prayer
to the Holy Spirit
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that
my thoughts may all be holy. Act
in me, O Holy Spirit, that my
work, too, may be holy. Draw my
heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love
but what is holy. Strengthen me,
O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is
holy. Guard me, then, O Holy
Spirit, that I always may be holy.
Amen.
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 Personally, do you know one
person who turns away from
his sins and converted to God?

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 Module I:
ST. AUGUSTINE
AND THE BIRTH OF
THE AUGUSTINIAN-
RECOLLECT ORDER

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 Topic 1: The Life and Teachings of
St. Augustine
DOCTRINE:
1. Discuss the life and teachings of St. Augustine
2. Identify salient persons, events and places
related to the life of St. Augustine
MORAL:
1. Value and practice the teachings and virtues of
St. Augustine through concrete actions
WORSHIP:
1. Develop the life of interiority through
constant prayer and frequent reception of the
sacraments especially the Holy Eucharist
2. Compose a prayer of thanksgiving to God for His
gift of saints who served as witnesses of faith
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St. Augustine of Hippo
Christian bishop and theologian
Latin name: Aurelius Augustinus
Birthdate: November 13, 354
Birthplace: Tagaste, Numidia,
Proconsularis, North
Africa
(now Souk Ahras, Algeria)

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387: Baptism in the
Cathedral of Milan by
Bishop Ambrose and the
death of St. Monica

388: He founded a
monastery in his
hometown in
Tagaste

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391: He was ordained as priest
by Bishop Valerius and
founded a monastery in
Hippo

395: He was ordained as

bishop and founded a
monastery for clerics

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August 28, 430: St. Augustine’s death at the
age of 76 in Hippo Regius
(now Annaba, Algeria)

Feast day: August 28

Bishop of Hippo from

396 to 430

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• In Roman
Catholicism he is
formally recognized as
a Doctor of the
Church.

• Doctor of Grace

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 Significant
Persons in the Life
of St. Augustine

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Patricius: His father, an
official of the town and a
pagan, but later converted
to Christianity

Monica: His mother, a devout

and faithful Catholic from
her childhood, prayed for
the conversion of her son
and husband to the
Christian faith
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Navigius: His brother
Perpetua: His sister,
who became a nun
Adeodatus: His “God-
given” son; born out of
wedlock from his
mistress

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 St. Alypius: His other half and the
brother of his heart, his town mate
and childhood friend who later
became the bishop of Tagaste; his
companion to Carthage, Rome and
Milan

St. Ambrose: The bishop of Milan who was a very

influential person in the conversion of St.
Augustine
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St. Jerome: A great biblical scholar
who became Augustine’s consultant
in biblical matters

Romanianus: A wealthy
man in Tagaste who
supported Augustine’s
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Salient Features in the
Life of St. Augustine

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 Augustine's life as a young man was characterized by
loose living and a search for answers to life's basic
questions. He would follow various philosophers, only to
become disillusioned with their teachings. For nine years
he was associated with the Manichean sect.

But he gradually became aware that Manichaeism was unable

to provide satisfactory answers to his probing questions. -
ttps://www.midwestaugustinians.org/conversion-of-st-augustine
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 The Conversion of St. Augustine:
1. His Meeting with St. Ambrose
At this time, Augustine was teaching rhetoric in
Milan. He went to hear the preaching of Saint
Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan. At first, he went
only to hear Ambrose's eloquent style of
speaking. But the Bishop's preaching led
Augustine to a new understanding of the Bible
and the Christian Faith. (Truth – found in the
Catholic Church, Truth is Jesus Christ).
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 2. His Reading of the Bible (Rom. 13:13-14)
Some time in the year 386, Augustine and his friend Alypius were
spending time in Milan. While outdoors, Augustine heard the voice of a
child singing a song, the words of which were, "Pick it up and read it. Pick
it up and read it" (tolle lege, tolle lege).He thought at first that the song
was related to some kind of children's game but could not remember ever
having heard such a song before. Then, realizing that this song might be
a command from God to open and read the Scriptures, he located a Bible,
picked it up, opened it and read the first passage he saw. It was from the
Letter of Paul to the Romans.

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 The famous conversion of
St. Augustine in the
Garden of Milan: He heard a
voice telling him: “tolle lege…
tolle lege…(take and read).

St. Augustine took in his hand the Sacred Scripture

and uncovered the text which led him to conversion.
“Let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not
in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and
licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy. But put
on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for
the desires of the flesh.” - Rom. 13:13-14
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 After months of prayer and
reflection, Augustine,
Adeodatus and Alypius were
baptized by St. Ambrose in the
Cathedral of Milan on Easter
Sunday, April 24/25, 387.

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AUGUSTINIAN VALUE

o "You have made us for

yourself, O Lord, and our
hearts are restless until
they rest in you."
(Confessions, 1,1)

oOnly in God is found

the final happiness of
any person.

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 THANKSGIVING PRAYER
Compose a prayer of thanksgiving to God for
His gift of saints who served as witnesses of
faith especially St. Augustine.

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