“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.” [Saint Augustine of Hippo] The 2026 World Cup Soccer gave us great back stories about the Catholic faith of several players. American goalie Matt Freese is a fan of Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year plan, saying he first met star teammate, Christian Pulisic, at a Bible study. I like what he had to say: “There’s just this kind of automatic connection that you make when you talk about deep subjects like faith and the Bible on a weekly basis with a teammate.”  Matt might not have been thinking of Saint Augustine, but his “team connection” reflects well Augustine’s sense of Scripture bringing people together in “one mind and one heart on the way to God.” [Acts 4:32] For an Augustinian, discipleship is not a Jesus and me experience alone; it’s a community growing together through Read More…

An Augustinian-inspired Bible Study plan