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The heart is the dwelling place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place “to which I withdraw.” The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, …it is the place of encounter. (CCC 2563)
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Fall 2025 Parish Book StudyReturn to the Heart, the Biblical Spirituality of St. Augustine's Confessions
Our new pope belongs to the Augustinians, an order whose charism emphasizes the proper role of "the heart".
Join us this Fall to learn more about the saint who inspired the Augustinians and heavily influenced the early Church, St. Augustine of Hippo.Psalm 31:24Available NowHardback: $24.95Kindle: $18.95(Please purchase a book on Kindle; if you prefer a hard copy, please contact Sarah Pedrozo if you have not ordered one - she has some extras) St. Augustine’s Confessions is the first autobiography in Western literature and a perennial classic of rhetoric, philosophy, and theology.It is also one man’s journey away from and back to God, finding himself along the way. And though Augustine’s sin and his desires for love, happiness, and peace are his own, in them we can recognize aspects of our own experience.In Return to the Heart: The Biblical Spirituality of St. Augustine’s Confessions, Dr. Shane Owens invites readers to follow in the footsteps of an enduring spiritual master, who reveals that it is only in the heart-to-heart encounter with God that we become whole and understand ourselves.Join other parishioners, once a week on Thursdays, for discussion at a Brown Bag lunch. Bring your own lunch and we'll provide beverages.Schedule: Study begins at 12:10 p.m. in the Ignite Room; ends at 1 p.m. (Sign up and come when you can; attendance is not mandatory every week to participate) Sept. 25 - Week 1: Introduction and Chapter One: The Human Person and a Heart Unquiet
Oct. 2 - Week 2: Chapter Two: Memory and a Heart RecollectedOct. 9 - Week 3: Chapter Three: Sin and a Heart DisintegratedOct. 16 - Week 4: Chapter Four: Belief and a Heart IlluminatedOct. 23 - Week 5: Chapter Five: Friendship and a Heart UnitedOct. 30 - Week 6: Chapter Six: Death and a Heart QuietedNov. 6 - Week 7: Chapter Seven: The Church and a Heart Re-CreatedNov. 13 - Week 8: Chapter Eight: Jesus and a Heart Passionate
Our heart is unquiet until it rests in you.