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Faith and science are commonly seen as being opposed to each other, but the thought of St. Augustine can help us to understand them as complementary through his distinction between knowledge (scientia) and wisdom (sapientia).

Are you called to be an Augustinian? Come and see! Experience Augustinian community life, meet other Friars, experience our ministries, pray, and reflect.

Pope Leo XIII in 1893 stated in an encyclical that “if scientists ever prove a truth about nature with irrefutable evidence, let us show that that truth is not opposed to our scripture.” In this challenge to Catholic scientists, Leo XIII indicated that truth about the physical world is accessible through two separate channels: science and revelation. This is a very different worldview from that which has pervaded American academic and popular culture for the past century.

This presentation traces the history of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova from its early Irish missionary roots in Philadelphia to its formal establishment in 1874. It explores the Province’s historical role regionally in founding parishes, schools, missions, and salient institutions such as Villanova University, while highlighting the friars who shaped Catholic life in the United States.

Are you called to be an Augustinian? Come and see! Experience Augustinian community life, meet other Friars, experience our ministries, pray, and reflect.

Join the Augustinians for their seventh annual day of giving to support the friars and their ministries!