25, Villanova University is “a Catholic university that reflects Augustinian traditions, nurtures the development of religious faith and practice, develops moral and ethical perspectives and values of its members.” 26. LOVE My first choice that I want to choose about Augustinian values is Love, because first of all, It is very important to each one of us to have love in every relationship to our family, friends and also our almighty God. “Application of Augustine’s Spirituality to an Academic Community.”. All rights reserved. Freedom comes to the faithful through grace. Stewardship of the common good requires that we willingly accept accountability for others through service to them, without control of them. 2e Augustinian Values Institute: Preserving a Legacy 225 sibility of an Augustinian learning community” (p. 131). Because in love, we feel this by showing care, by sharing and trust for every people around us that they make us special. 11. The value set upon learning and science by the Augustinian friars is demonstrated by the care given to their missionary work, their libraries, and by the historic establishment of their own printing-press in their convent at Nuremberg (1479), as well as by the numerous learned individuals produced by the order. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University’s six colleges. Saint Augustine. 25. Studying in University of San Augustine is a gift given by my parents. This pursuit of wisdom coincides with the search for Truth for which every person longs. In an Augustinian community, the purpose of life is to search for God, the Ultimate truth, not alone, but among friends,19 who are committed to the same journey. Community is the axis around which Augustinian religious life turns: a community of brothers who live harmoniously together, united by a single soul and a single heart, seeking God together and open to the service of the Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1726-1728. We regard our purpose in the Christian formation and education of students as an essentially pastoral activity. In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? VOW!! Pontifical Council for the Laity, Formation of the Laity, III, Parish; VI, Types of Formation, in Enchiridion Vaticanum, Volume 6, Rome, 1980, pp 667, 691. MY CORE VALUE!! Augustinianism is the philosophical and theological system of Augustine of Hippo and its subsequent development by other thinkers, notably Boethius, Anselm of Canterbury and Bonaventure. Always conscious of the virtues of honesty, integrity, and compassion as fundamental to the Christian way of life, 23 members seek in every effort to work for unity, making justice and peace, the fruits of love, a reality in the Church and in the world. 13, Learning, “cultivation of the mind,” in the Augustinian context, is to be understood as more than the pursuit of “academic excellence” or of knowledge for its own sake, but more appropriately as the pursuit of wisdom, the capacity to understand one’s self, others and the world in light of the Ultimate reality. To this day, Villanova’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition is the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. It calls us to accept the sacred in ourselves and others. Members strive to live in harmony - in a quest for union of mind and heart,21 to mutual concern for and assistance to each other in every way possible, including fraternal correction, in a spirit of love and understanding. In my four years of stay in University of San Agustin, I was able to realize something that I taught I couldn't be. Augustinian educators are engaged in the search for God through the pursuit of truth. Augustinian Core Values Saturday, September 6, 2014. Pelligrino, M.(1996). The second is that grace is a person: Christ given to us that we may live. The principal document of our spirituality is Augustine's Rule, which directs our lives and actions and informs our characteristic values of unity, truth and charity. It joins us together in Christ, for 800 E. Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 (610) The intended outcome is less dependence on the teacher’s “authority” but greater appreciation for “truth,” both discovered and revealed during principled and collaborative inquiry.15, The academic community acknowledges belief in God as reasonable, places each discipline in conversation with the Catholic intellectual tradition, and creates an environment “where being a faithful Catholic is taken seriously as an intelligent and morally responsible option for contemporary people.” 16, In the Augustinian model, faculty and students form an egalitarian learning community, pursuing goals as “friends, brothers, sisters, sharing with others what they have or gain, and receiving what God has given or will give” to each.