Tag Archives: St. Monica

Happy Birthday St. Augustine!

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is the birthday of St. Augustine of Hippo (354).  We actually know his birthday because he tells us in one of his Cassiciacum dialogues (De beata vita 6).
It is therefore also the feast of all the saints of the Augustinian … Continue reading →

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St. Monica: “put my body anywhere”

Posted on 27 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today in newer, Ordinary Form calendar of the Holy Roman Church is the feast of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo.  In the traditional calendar her feast was back in May.
This is the chapel in the church … Continue reading →

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St. Monica, recovering alcoholic

Posted on 4 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Serge Lancel’s Augustine, the best biography I know of the great Bishop of Hippo (p. 8 ff – emphases mine):
Before devoting himself entirely to Mother Church, as he approached the age of forty, Augustine had had a concubine for … Continue reading →

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