Items of news as well as past and future events, which may be of interest, will be listed here and frequently updated.
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On the 7th February Manichaeism: New revelations from the hidden religion that
Augustine once loved by Professor J. van Oort.
On the 5th April at 19h00 in the auditorium: A Soul for/in the ‘Constitution for Europe’ by Professor Jan Jans.
Professor Thomas O’Meara OP is a distinguished theologian from the University of Notre Dame, USA
A series of five lectures to be given by the Academic Staff of St Augustine College and Professor Thomas O’Meara OP from the University of Notre Dame, USA.
All lectures take place on Tuesdays at 19h00 apart from the 24 February when the lecture will take place on Thursday, beginning at 19h00. There is a R20.00 charge per lecture.
St Augustine College acquired property which will serve as our new campus for the foreseeable future. At the end of January 2002 we moved to 53 Ley Road (previously the Holy Family Centre), Victory Park, Johannesburg.
Our post box adddress is:
PO Box 44782
Linden
2104
Our contact details are:
Telephone: 011 782 4616
Fax: 011 782 8729
Email: admin@staugustine.ac.za
The official opening and blessing of the new premises of St Augustine College took place on Wednesday 24 April 2002.
Amongst others the following office bearers participated:
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM - Durban, South Africa
Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço
Archbishop Joseph Pittau SJ - Vatican, Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale OMI - Chancellor of St Augustine Catholic College of SA
Bishop Gebhard Fürst - Rottenburg-Stuttgart, special guest of honour
Professor Peter Hodgson, a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he heads the Nuclear Physics Theoretical Group of the Nuclear Physics Laboratory , delivered public lectures on the topics listed below at the end of February 2002. These lectures have now been published by St Augustine College. For details contact Dr Rodney Moss at tel 011-782-4616.
The Christian Origin of Science
Nuclear Power, Energy and the Environment
Newman and Science
Chesterton and Science
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
The College has applied for the registration and accreditation of two new programmes: A one year part-time Certificate in Political Leadership and a two year part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Political Leadership. The programme will be co-ordinated by Dr Anthony Egan. We hope to have a decision by the end of April 2003.
For more information contact Dr Anthony Egan at tel 011-782-4616.
Every year the College celebrates the day of our patron saint, St Augustine. On 28 August 2001 we celebrated the feast of St Augustine by inviting all the "Friends of St Augustine" to this occasion. After celebrating Mass, Dr Nicholas King, Dean of studies at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria gave a very meaningful and enjoyable talk on "St Augustine Today". Dr King emphasized the importance of St Augustine as very much an African, as member of the Church universal, always looking for news ways of expressing the truth about God and his love of Scripture. Dr King also articulated some thoughts on St Augustine and sexuality pointing to his extraordinarly openness about sexuality. Lastly, Dr King commented on the fact that St Augustine lived at an extraordinarly difficult juncture in history and with St Augustine we also can say "Utamur et nos sua pace".
A copy of Dr King's talk is available from the Academic Dean at the following address rvv@staugustine.ac.za
On 28 August 2002 Professor Dr Mathijs Lamberigts, Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven delivered the annual St Augustine lecture.
The first group of students (17) who have successfully completed all the requirements for their degrees graduated on 26 April 2002.
St Augustine College hosted the annual General Assembly of the Association of Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes of Africa and Madagascar (ACUHIAM) from 24 to 27 April 2002. Seventeen African Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes were represented by their rectors or vice-rectors.
The College is part of an international internet project for the development and implementation of intercultural teaching of spirituality. In the near future students from different parts of the world will be able register for an MPhil degree in spirituality on the internet, studying different cultural-religious forms of spirituality. The project is an initiative of the Titus Brandsma Institute in cooperation with the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.