The Augustinian Friars in Britain
Our Hearts are Restless until they Rest in You, Lord
When a person enters the Order
of St. Augustine he is not expected to cut himself off from the world but to become part of a community that brings life and hope to society.
Are you searching for a new direction in which the search for God in community is at the centre of your life?
Do you want to share your talents for the good of others?
Do you think you might have a vocation as an Augustinian?
Then take a look at the steps to becoming an Augustinian
Meeting Augustinians
The first step is to reassure yourself of a vocation. By meeting and speaking with members of the
Augustinian community, you can appreciate the lifestyle of an Augustinian, and search out any
doubts or concerns you might have
Pre-Novitiate Programme
This involves being formally accepted into the formation programme for Augustinian life: living with
Augustinians in community, working with the Formation Director on personal growth and preparing
for admission into the Augustinian Novitiate, for more intense discernment of your calling.
Novitiate (One Year)
Here you have a formal introduction to Augustinian life: a year of focus on spiritual growth and internal aspects of life as an Augustinian religious. The real beginning of life as a Augustinian.
Augustinian students at our International House in Rome
Temporary Vows
These are taken one year at a time, for at least three years. This is a continuing formation, working intensely with a Director to learn more about yourself, Deepening your relationship with the Lord and to discern one’s call to be an Augustinian for life. It also involves studies In Philosophy and Theology.
Solemn Vows
This is the final, formal life-time commitment to be an Augustinian.
If you would like more information, an informal chat or a visit, please contact us:
Vocation Director
Fr. Stefan Park OSA
Mobile: 07789 872 715
Email: vocations@augustinians.org.uk
New Initiative for discerning your vocation.
We run an annual Vocations Discernment Community for men in Hammersmith which commences at the end of September each year. It is for people who will be working or studying in London but who would also like to look at the possibility of priesthood or religious life. It is one year of personal and spiritual development and of discerning one’s own calling. It is being sponsored and run by the Augustinians but it is not geared to moving the members in any particular direction. It will give a flavour of the different options within the Church, with a variety of experiences and inputs.
It is quite a challenging year as the members continue their work or studies during the day, whilst in the evenings and weekends take part in the community activities. The aim is that by the end of the year the members will have a clearer idea of what priesthood and religious life entails, and be enabled to make a more formal start in the direction they feel God is calling them.