September 9, 2026 | Augustine’s notion the happy life (beata vita) splits the difference between blessedness and contentment and troubles of notion of what it means to be at peace.

September 16, 2026 | For Augustine, humility is the indispensable condition of reading Scripture, for only by relinquishing the desire to master the text can we allow Scripture to teach, expose, and transform us.

September 23, 2026 | Augustine's City of God has had enormous influence throughout Western history both as a theological vision and a political philosophy. Most importantly, it is a text about crisis and apocalyptic unveiling. These two dimensions are especially relevant to our moment, providing both the Church and believers with an unflattering anatomy of our politically disordered time.

September 30, 2026 | St. Augustine famously left behind one of the first Christian conversion stories, describing his own quiet conversion in a Milanese garden. He nevertheless also regarded conversion as a life-long endeavor incumbent upon every believer. This talk will explore the psychological, epistemological, and moral aspects involved in Augustine's idea of conversion.

October 7, 2026 | Augustine on the Church. What, according to St. Augustine, is the Church? Whose idea was the Church? When was the Church created and by whom? What is the ultimate destiny of the Church? What role does the Church play here on earth? Is the Church merely a sign pointing to the Kingdom of God to come, or is it in some true sense the presence of the Kingdom of God here and now? And finally, what can we learn from Augustine's ecclesiology (theology of the Church) for today?