Adult Faith Formation

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This Lent we will be revisiting, perhaps the greatest spiritual masterpiece ever written;  The Confessions of St. Augustine.  The Confessions will be examined in five parts:

• Part 1:  Capacity and Humility; the Human Soul, an introduction to Augustine’s life, thought and writing.  February 28, 2023
• Part 2:  Original Sin & the Purification of Memory; a look at the first 15 years of Augustine’s life.  March 7, 2023
• Part 3:  Creation vs. Creator; Pride, Freedom, Heresy, and loves; a look at Augustine’s very turbulent Adolescence and the seeds of his eventual conversion.  March 14, 2023
• Part 4:  Resistance to Conversion; Loves and Confusion resist Love; a look at Augustine’s young adult life as he resists and approaches conversion. March 21, 2023
• Part 5: Conversion, the Great Doctor is healed; a look into Augustine’s remarkable conversion and his service to God’s Church.  March 28, 2023

The series will be held in Sts. Peter and Paul room beginning at 7:00 pm.  Reading the Confessions is not required but encouraged.  The translation we will be using within the series is the one done by Frank Sheed.  Any translation is suitable.  An audiobook version is available through Formed.