Welcome to The Confessions
August 2024-August 2025
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Welcome to Our Year-Long Journey through St. Augustine's Confessions!
We are delighted to have you with us as we embark on this transformative journey through one of the most profound spiritual autobiographies ever written. Our video discussions will begin in August 2024 and will continue through May 2025, giving us ample time to delve deeply into St. Augustine's Confessions.
This is a dense and thought-provoking book, so we encourage you to grab your copy and start reading over the summer!
Here's what you can look forward to:
Engaging Video Discussions: We plan to release two insightful videos each month, guiding you through St. Augustine's journey of faith.
Dynamic In-Person Discussions: Join us for in-person discussions sprinkled throughout the year. The first session is scheduled for Sunday, September 8th, at 2 PM. These gatherings will offer a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow participants and engage in meaningful conversations.
To stay up to date on locations, dates, and other important details, please sign up for our Intellectual Society email list.
This is more than just a book study—it's a chance to transform your life through the powerful insights of a saint. Whether you're a longtime admirer of St. Augustine or new to his works, this study will offer fresh perspectives and meaningful connections.
We are here to support you every step of the way. Explore the resources, participate in discussions, and watch the videos that will guide us through this journey of faith and discovery. Together, let's deepen our spiritual understanding and grow closer to God.
Thank you for joining us on this incredible journey. Let's get started!
Translation
Translation
While it is important to read the same translation together, it is also helpful to consult some other translations along the way as one translation is never enough!
Ignatius Press-This translation by Boulding is a favorite of teachers at the University of Dallas. Personally, we think the footnotes are the best part!
https://ignatius.com/the-confessions-saint-augustine-of-hippo-7cp/
Anthony Esolen just did his own translation-so this is brand new
https://tanbooks.com/confessions-of-st-augustine-of-hippo
(You can purchase it much cheaper on Kindle)
We will be using the John K. Ryan translation, however you may use whatever translation you already have. Some have had difficulty buying this version from Amazon, we have included a link to buy the book below from Christianbooks.com
Art Contest Winners
Art Contest Winners
In the Spring of 2024 we held an art contest within our community for pieces we could in our marketing materials for The Confessions. Winners received a gorgeous leatherbound volume of The Confessions translated by Anthony Esolen, PhD
Mrs. Adrianna Gallegos-Higgins
Mrs. Adrianna Gallegos-Higgins
We were so captivated with this painting because it shows the somber, learned gaze of the saint while he holds his flaming, restless heart at the same time. What a beautiful display of the integration between the head and the heart. His shepherd’s staff reminds us of the weighty task of the Bishop of Hippo who ended up being one of the four foundational Doctors of the Church in the West. In this painting, we can fully see, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”
Mrs. Kelly Aldrich
What we loved about this depiction of Augustine is it shows clearly the Latin words the children sang, Tolle Lege, take and read, which were the very words that moved St. Augustine to take up his Bible and find “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ,” (Romans 13). This event is what gave him the grace to change his sinful habits and finally give his full yes to the Lord. (Note the garden which is a key theme in The Confessions.)
Thank you to our special guests!
Thank you to our special guests!
Our Contributors to Podcast Books 10-13
Marlena Galassi holds a B.A. in Philosophy with a minor in Art History from Fort Hays State University. She is currently pursuing graduate studies in the Liberal Arts program at St. John's College, Santa Fe. Marlena has several years of experience working as a tutor and educational assistant in both private Catholic and public schools. Before joining Holy Child last year, she worked as an independent copy editor in the realm of Catholic and academic publishing. Over the past nine years, she has been engaged in an intensive independent study of the Western canon, reading works ranging from the pre-Socratics, Aeschylus, and the Apostolic Fathers, to Heidegger, Faulkner, and von Balthasar. Her transformative journey through the Great Books inspired her conversion to the Catholic faith in 2018. Marlena regularly leads reading groups focused on major works of Western philosophy, theology, and literature for graduate and undergraduate students at St. John's College. In her free time, she enjoys reading demanding books, exploring the natural beauty of New Mexico, cooking traditional Italian cuisine, learning foreign languages, and volunteering for alocal cat rescue. She currently teaches at Chesterton Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Paul Krause is the Editor-in-Chief of Voegelin View. He is a teacher, writer, podcaster, and the author of Muses of a Fire: Essays on Faith, Film,and Literature (Stone Tower Press, 2024), Finding Arcadia: Wisdom, Truth, and Lovein the Classics (Academica Press, 2023), and The Odyssey of Love: A Christian Guide to the Great Books (Wipf and Stock, 2021). Educated at Baldwin Wallace University, Yale, and the University of Buckingham (UK), he is a frequent writer on the arts, classics, literature, religion, and politics for numerous newspapers, magazines, and journals. He currently teaches at Chesterton Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can follow him on Twitter: Paul Krause.
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