ST.

AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
BY: RYAN MAZIARZ
 IMPORTANT DATES

HIS BIRTHDATE IS NOVEMBER 13, 354. HE WAS THE SON OF ST. MONICA
HE DIED AUGUST 28, 430 IN ALGERIA
HE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF BREWERS AND HIS FEAST DAY IS ON AUGUST 28
HE IS THE PATRON OF BREWERS BECAUSE OF HIS CONVERSION FROM A LIFE OF
BAD MORALS TO A GOOD CHRISTIAN LIFE.
 CONVERSION STORY

HIS MOTHER ST. MONICA PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN HELPING THIS CONVERSION TAKE PLACE. SHE
REPEATEDLY PRAYED TO GOD THAT AUGUSTINE WOULD STOP HIS UNMORAL LIFE AND BECOME A
GOOD MAN.
ST. AUGUSTINE WENT TO HEAR THE PREACHING OF SAINT AMBROSE, THE BISHOP OF MILAN. AT FIRST
HE WENT ONLY TO HEAR AMBROSE'S UNIQUE STYLE OF SPEAKING. BUT THE BISHOP'S PREACHING LED
AUGUSTINE TO A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
AFTER THIS, ST. AUGUSTINE WAS IN MILAN WHEN HE HEARD A GIRL SAY, PICK IT UP AND READ IT. HE
KNEW THIS WAS A COMMAND FROM GOD AND PICKED UP THE BIBLE AND READ A LETTER TO PAUL TO
THE ROMANS ABOUT LIVING A BAD LIFE, AND HOW JESUS LED A GREAT LIFE.
THIS FINALLY LED ST. AUGUSTINE TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND AND TO BECOME A DEDICATED
CHRISTIAN.
 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHURCH

ST. AUGUSTINE BECAME KNOWN A ONE OF THE GREATEST CHRISTIANS WRITERS. HE TRAVELED AROUND
AFRICA, MOSTLY MILAN, TO SPREAD THE WORD
HIS WRITINGS ARE STILL BEING USED TODAY IN CHURCHES EVERYWHERE. HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK IS DE
CIVITATE DEI (ON THE CITY OF GOD), A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND
SECULAR SOCIETY,
IT IS SAID THAT HE ALSO FOUGHT AGAINST HERESIES, AND WAS THE FOUNDER OF RELIGIOUS PRIESTS.
HE BECAME A VERY DEVOUT AND CHARITABLE PERSON, AND WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SAINTS EVER
TO LIVE BECAUSE OF HIS CONVERSION AND THE WRITINGS HE DID FOR THE CHURCH AND THE IMPACT
THEY HAD ON THE EARLY CHURCH.
WE CAN BE MORE LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE SHOWS US THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO BE A
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. HE IS A SIGN OF HOPE FOR EVERYONE
 CONNECTION TO THE EUCHARIST

ST. AUGUSTINE IS CONNECTED TO THE EUCAHRIST BECAUSE HE MENTIONS

THAT DURING HIS CONVERSION HE PRAYED TO GOD AND JESUS TO HELP
HEAL HIM AND TO HELP HIM BE A BETTER PERSON.
IN CLASS WE LEARNED THAT THE EUCHARIST IS JESUS HIMSELF, AND HE
TAKES AWAY OUR VENIAL SINS AND STRENGTHENS OUR GRACES WE HAVE.
THE EUCAHSRIST ALSO HELPS TO DRAW PEOPLE CLOSER TO GOD AND HELPS
PEOPLE WITH THEIR STRUGGLES. ST. AUGUSTINE ALSO MENTIONS THAT
WITHOUT PRAYING TO JESUS HE WOULD NOT OF HAD A GREAT CONVERSION
LIKE HE DID.
 WORKS CITED

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12 DEC. 2016.
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