This article was also written to coincide with the 16th centenary of Augustine’s conversion, and originally published in Signum (3 February 1986) 3-6, the former documentary service for religious in England and Wales. It subsequently appeared in the United States, in The Priest (November 1986). It is sixteen hundred years since Augustine’s conversion to Christianity, an event that changed not only the course of his own life but also that of the Church. Apart from St Paul’s,

Our Augustinian Province of England & Scotland has been publishing online retreats with the online community of prayer Hozana.org since Advent 2018. We invite you again to meditate with us for Advent 2019. Receive a daily meditation written by a friar or a lay person from our Augustinian community and progress through Advent from Sunday 1st December till Christmas. The Augustinian charism is common life, living together in one mind and one heart intent upon God. Our common li