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Augustine on Prayer

An extract from the book "Making room for others" written by Fr Paul Graham. O.S.A.First published in the Catholic Gazette (March 2000) 20-22, with the title ‘Praying with Saint Augustine’. ‘You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.’ These are perhaps the most famous words in Christian literature, apart from Scripture, and were written by St Augustine in North Africa, where he was a bishop, in the fourth century. The book in which they are found is the famous Confessions, which up to this day has remained one of the classics of the spiritual life. Contrary to what many think, it is not really about how Augustine was converted from being a restless y

Bishop who brought Augustinians to Korea dies

Bishop William McNaughton MM, RIP The American bishop, William McNaughton, a Maryknoll Missionary, who invited the Augustinians to his diocese of Incheon in South Korea, died peacefully in the United States at the age of 93on 3 February. He had been living in retirement with his sister. He petitioned the 1983 General Chapter for Augustinians to come to his diocese, having been brought up in an Augustinian parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He also knew the American Augustinians in Japan, one of whom was a family friend, Fr Maurice Mahoney, who also played a part in bringing the friars to Korea. On their arrival in 1985, he encouraged the friars from England and Australia to work hard at lear

One Mind, One Heart Intent Upon God

Feast of All Saints of the Augustinian Order

Meeting of the executive committee of the Augustinian Spirituality Institute

Virtual encounter of secular Augustinian fraternities

Augustine on Prayer

Bishop who brought Augustinians to Korea dies