The Class of 2013By row, from bottom left:Elise Wouters, Cypress County, AlbertaElizabeth Comninellis, Boulder, ColoradoEric Yeong, Markham, OntarioAnnalise Harrison, Berrien Center, MichiganB.J. Linton, West Chester, PennsylvaniaSarah Beattie, Barrie, OntarioKaylyn Madany, Dillon, MontanaScott Hogeveen, Millgrove, OntarioJames Comninellis, Kansas City, MissouriBen Siffring, Kingsport, TennesseeJoel Gamble, Toronto, OntarioOtto Langmoen, Brumunddal, NorwayJosh Roose, Tustin, MichiganBrian Hempel, Holland, MichiganHenry Gray, Dieppe, New BrunswickJaycee Cruz, Etobicoke, Ontario

Message from the Dean

The 16 students of our 16th year: 7 from Canada, 8 from the United States, and 1 from Norway

by approximately 10 percent per year. The range and number of donors continues to increase and includes many College alumni. Once again, David Rosentrater (’05) helped to promote the College at the Pennsylvania Home School Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. afac also helped to sponsor the circe Institute classical education conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in July, at which John Patrick made several presentations on behalf of the College. The mission of the circe Institute ‘is to support teachers and parents who want to cultivate wisdom and virtue in their students through the truths of Christian classical education,’ which gives it a natural connection with the work of the College, as evidenced by the considerable amount of traffic to the College website coming from circeinstitute.org. We anticipate a continued and deepened relationship with circe members in the years to come. Anyone wishing to contribute to afac activities can do so via our website (amfriendsaugustine.org). We accept stock transfers as well as monetary donations.”

Media NewsMentioned throughout the Newsletter are many new additions to the Media Centre (look for this sign ); among these be sure to watch the Testimonials video “Students speak about their year at Augustine College” and consider sharing this video with anyone you would like to encourage to attend. Please also note Edward Tingley’s “Healing the Sick: The Teaching of the Gospel through the Lens of Art” (a talk given at the National Conference of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada in Montreal this May). Doug Hayman’s weekly chapel reflections can now be found at saintbarnabas.ca/sermons.html (under the heading College Sermons). Many of his wonderful sermons can also be found there and are added to regularly. Our presence in the world of social media continues to build, especially on YouTube, where our video views have increased sixfold since last fall (from 4,000 to 25,000 views)!

Alumni NewsJason Baxter (’01), who earned his MA in Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame in 2009, is currently a PhD candidate there in medieval literature, working on Dante. He is also teaching at Wyoming Catholic College as an instructor of art history and humanities. He and his wife Rebecca have three children.Mat VanMilligen (’06) and Theresa-Marie Sullivan were married in August.

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Landon Coleman (’08) and Lara Lavelle (’10) were married September 2, then promptly departed for Montreal, where Landon is studying Music Therapy at Concordia and Lara is studying French and continuing her work in public history. The Augustine community owes much to the hard work and faithful friendship of these two alumni, and while we are thrilled to celebrate the beginning of their life together we miss their presence in Ottawa.Daniel and Laura Harris (both ’11) are parents of Lillian Ruth Harris, born April 17.Stefan and Alisha (Ring) Koppert (both ’11) are parents of Katherine Joy, born September 27.Four alumni (spanning three different years), along with three friends of alumni, are living in one of the College residences and greatly contributing to the life of the College.

SupportTo support the College financially, charitable donations by credit card can be made online through canadahelps.org (in Canada) and justgive.org (in the us), with planned-giving options available through both services. Please send us donations by cheque to afac. To thank you for donations, we invite you to choose complimentary selections from our media library, listed online at Further Learning/cd-dvd orders. Promote and contribute to our on-line presence by interacting with us on social networking services (tweet, follow, ‘like’, subscribe, comment, rate, etc.). Direct links can be found at News and Events/Latest News. We express our ongoing gratitude to the Spaenaur foundation, the Weston foundation, the Leptas Foundation, and to all our supporters for their generous gifts.

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Newlyweds Lara and Landon Coleman

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By the Light of faith I have acquired wisdom in the wisdom of the Word – Your only-begotten Son. In the light of faith I am strong, constant, and persevering.

— S T. C AT H E r I N E O F S I E N A , Treaty of Obedience

hese words from the 14th century aptly mirror Augustine College’s guiding maxim of faith seeking understanding: they reveal the indispensible unity between faith and wisdom. At the College we continually build a community rooted in Christ and engaged in the pursuit of His truth in all things. As Dean, I marvel each year at the students that God blesses us with. Each year these young people discover in our College an environment where objective, universal truth is pursued, a truth that is not an abstract philosophy but is personalized and revealed for the entire world in the person of Christ. I invite those who would like to have a taste of what the College year means to our students to watch our new testimonial video (viewable directly on the home page). You will see that our students do have, at Augustine College, an encounter with Christ, in knowledge and in truth, that enlivens their spirits and you will understand why I find myself ever inspired by them. Our students and faculty each year come together guided by the light of faith through which we gain greater strength, constancy, and perseverance as we encounter and engage with the world. This year is no different. We are blessed with a class of sixteen from the US and Canada and from as far afield as Norway. They bring to the College such a diversity of experiences and expressions of Christian faith that we as faculty are enriched in

t the date of our last Newsletter, our 15th year was still underway. The 2012 winter term included visits to the homes of faculty, a

winter skating party at the Vissers’, a junior-hockey game, and, as a lead-in to reading Week, the annual restless Hearts’ Cafe (which included the recitation of Justin Bieber’s “Never Say Never” by two “renowned literary scholars,”

a skit unmasking the “real Socrates,” and a reflection on the year in verse). In the winter Book of the Semester students read Letters to Malcom by C.S. Lewis with Brian Butcher and The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr., with Emily Martin. In

March our Weston Lecturer, Fr. John Behr, took the afternoon before his evening talk to speak with our students about the nature of Christ’s time on earth: what would we learn about Him, had we been in the crowd with the disciples? (For more on his Weston Lecture, see below.) Classes finished April 13 and at this year’s Oral Exam students presented the gist of their Diploma Papers, a new addition to the Programme, in which they were invited to reflect on something of particular value to them learned over the course of the year. The year closed with the Graduation Ceremony on April 28. The Graduation Address, entitled “Every Knee Shall Bow,” was given by the Reverend Doug Hayman and the Valedictory Address,

“God’s Gift and a Race to Run,” was delivered by Bennett Candy, who was also the recipient of the Andrew J.B. Stirling Award for a student who made an exemplary contribution to the life of the College, both academically and socially. We direct you to the wonderful “2012 Year in Review” put together by Bethany Stroup (oddly missing from that record of events: the words “we studied”).The current year – our 16th – began with Commencement on September 9, with the address “Think on These Things,” delivered by Dr. John Patrick. We were pleased to be joined at Commencement by the rector of Saint Paul University, Dr. Chantal Beauvais, the Vice-rector, Dr. Jean-Marc Barrette, and the university’s Dean of Theology, Fr. Andrea Spatafora. Their attendance served to mark a new agreement reached with Saint Paul University whereby our alumni will be given a year of credit for their Augustine College diploma should they pursue study in Theology

at Saint Paul. Orientation Week concluded with a retreat at the

Patricks’ farm that gave students a ‘heads-up’ on the challenges of the year and reminded them of the resources available to them in the faculty, staff, and surrounding community. We concluded that evening with a reflection from faculty members on the life we are called to in a Christian community, a discussion guided by Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, which we had all read in preparation. Thus far in the year students have joined in at Hymn Sing (this year titled “Hear, O Israel! An Evening of Song and Reflection on the Shema”), participated in the Seminar on Augustine’s Confessions (again offered by Dr. Brian Butcher, professor at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University), and enjoyed Ottawa Symphony Orchestra concerts, Film Nights, and Thanksgiving dinner at the Patricks’. At the fall Student- for-a-Day students heard a talk, prepared for this event by Edward Tingley, on the Biblical call to wisdom and the problem, in a fallen world, of being yourself. In the 2012–13 year, the College continues to operate with largely the same faculty and staff, with the addition of Bethany Stroup (’12), who was able to return to us and serve as resident Advisor following the departure of her two predecessors, Adam Gsellman (’11) and Michelle McKernan. After two years of work for us, Landon Coleman (’08), who pioneered the post of recruitment Officer, completed his term before returning to university studies in the spring. Since our last Newsletter Landon visited dozens of schools around Canada on behalf of the College. It does not seem that we will easily replace him. In other staff news, we are pleased to announce the birth, to Harold and Rebecca Visser, of Jacob Damian on August 21.

Weston LectureThe 2012 Weston Lecture, “The Shocking Truth about Christian Orthodoxy,” was delivered on March 23 by the Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, Dean of St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Crestwood, N.Y. A professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Fr. Behr also teaches courses in dogmatics and Scriptural exegesis and is Distinguished Lecturer in Patristics at Fordham University. His latest book is The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (2006). In his talk Fr. Behr challenged those who seek to bypass Scripture and understand ‘who Jesus really was’ on historical grounds, by explaining why historicism (which focuses on verifiable events) is of so little relevance when the actual issue is the meaning of those events. With verified events we would still not have Christianity. Christians, he says, are a blessed “community of interpreta-tion” that understands not directly, by seeing, but by having the meaning of what is seen revealed to it. Direct historical witness told the disciples nothing; though their own eyes saw all there was to see, this could not tell them the truth about Christ. Thus Jesus said to Peter (who had just called him “the Christ, the Son

of the living God”), “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 16:16–17). That Christians today would think the defense of their faith could hang on proof of the historical Jesus amounts almost to – rarity among rarities – a new kind of heresy. There is much more than the above in this fascinating talk. In the seven months since we posted it on our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/AugustineCollege) it has had over 10,000 views, making it our single most popular video and one that has attracted much new traffic from around the world. Coming up next March is the 2013 Weston Lecture, which will be given this year by our President, Dr. John Patrick, on “Talking about Wisdom in an Age of Information.”

Summer ConferenceA special conference on Augustine, saint, theologian, and philosopher – to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Augustine College – took place June 3–9. In a series of lectures titled

“Augustine’s Impact on Western Civilization: Thoughts on Human Nature,” we examined topics central to early Christianity: Augus-tine’s impact on science and medicine, two major works by Augustine (Confessions and On Christian Doctrine), Augustine’s formative influence upon Protestant thought, via the Augustinian monk Luther (is ‘Calvinism’ Calvinist or Augustinian?), patristic wisdom on the Christian’s role in the state, and current issues in medical ethics seen, as Augustine would recommend, in the light of Christian faith. The conference was well attended and again took place at the Laurentian Leadership Centre.The upcoming conference in the summer of 2013 (Module IV of our series in the history of Western thought) will take place June 9–15 and focus on the Late Middle Ages. For further details as plans take shape, please check the News and Events/Summer Conference page on our website.

AFAC2012 represents the fourth full year of operation of American Friends of Augustine College in its mission to raise funds for and promote the College. afac president Dr. Ross Betts writes,

“Our financial receipts continue to improve

our faith by coming to know them through the gift of teaching. This year, as always, we find ourselves blessed by the local presence of over a dozen active alumni who continue to contribute to the College in a myriad of ways. It is a particular goal of ours this year to reach out and engage our alumni. To this end we now have an Alumni Officer, Joel Reinhardt (’06), who, teamed with David McKernan (’07), is in the process of contacting all alumni in an effort to reconnect them with the College. If you are an alumna/alumnus or the parent of one, please contact Joel at alumnirep@augustinecollege.org to assist us in our efforts to stay in touch. Finally, if we are to engage the world as Christians we must be well equipped with a faith that is grounded in knowledge and the pursuit of truth – a faith of which we are prepared to give an account. Too often, in the face of seemingly rampant secularism, our response as Christians is to retreat into a comfortable, exclusively Christian environment where our faith sits unassailed. Yet this must not be our response. We must reach out to a world that seeks meaning and truth and encounter in all people that image and likeness of God revealed to us in the Incarnation. This is central to Augustine College’s mission. It is a mission that is sustained by the prayers that you and all of the College’s supporters continue to offer us. Yet in order for this mission to be carried on it also requires material support. Our primary current needs are funds for student bursaries. If you have never visited our Support page (augustinecollege.org/support), please have a look at what is there. If you are in a position to support the College financially on a one-time or a sustaining basis, I would be very pleased to hear from you; please contact me at dean@augustinecollege.org. Your generosity will be gratefully acknowledged. You are our greatest ambassadors. Please also support the College by spreading the word about what we do here and encouraging young people you know to consider spending a year with us.In Christ,

Dr. Andrew P.W. Bennett | Dean and Faculty

watch in our online Media Centre

t the date of our last Newsletter, our 15th year was still underway. The 2012 winter term included visits to the homes of faculty, a

winter skating party at the Vissers’, a junior-hockey game, and, as a lead-in to reading Week, the annual restless Hearts’ Cafe (which included the recitation of Justin Bieber’s “Never Say Never” by two “renowned literary scholars,”

a skit unmasking the “real Socrates,” and a reflection on the year in verse). In the winter Book of the Semester students read Letters to Malcom by C.S. Lewis with Brian Butcher and The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr., with Emily Martin. In

March our Weston Lecturer, Fr. John Behr, took the afternoon before his evening talk to speak with our students about the nature of Christ’s time on earth: what would we learn about Him, had we been in the crowd with the disciples? (For more on his Weston Lecture, see below.) Classes finished April 13 and at this year’s Oral Exam students presented the gist of their Diploma Papers, a new addition to the Programme, in which they were invited to reflect on something of particular value to them learned over the course of the year. The year closed with the Graduation Ceremony on April 28. The Graduation Address, entitled “Every Knee Shall Bow,” was given by the Reverend Doug Hayman and the Valedictory Address,

“God’s Gift and a Race to Run,” was delivered by Bennett Candy, who was also the recipient of the Andrew J.B. Stirling Award for a student who made an exemplary contribution to the life of the College, both academically and socially. We direct you to the wonderful “2012 Year in Review” put together by Bethany Stroup (oddly missing from that record of events: the words “we studied”).The current year – our 16th – began with Commencement on September 9, with the address “Think on These Things,” delivered by Dr. John Patrick. We were pleased to be joined at Commencement by the rector of Saint Paul University, Dr. Chantal Beauvais, the Vice-rector, Dr. Jean-Marc Barrette, and the university’s Dean of Theology, Fr. Andrea Spatafora. Their attendance served to mark a new agreement reached with Saint Paul University whereby our alumni will be given a year of credit for their Augustine College diploma should they pursue study in Theology

at Saint Paul. Orientation Week concluded with a retreat at the

Patricks’ farm that gave students a ‘heads-up’ on the challenges of the year and reminded them of the resources available to them in the faculty, staff, and surrounding community. We concluded that evening with a reflection from faculty members on the life we are called to in a Christian community, a discussion guided by Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, which we had all read in preparation. Thus far in the year students have joined in at Hymn Sing (this year titled “Hear, O Israel! An Evening of Song and Reflection on the Shema”), participated in the Seminar on Augustine’s Confessions (again offered by Dr. Brian Butcher, professor at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University), and enjoyed Ottawa Symphony Orchestra concerts, Film Nights, and Thanksgiving dinner at the Patricks’. At the fall Student- for-a-Day students heard a talk, prepared for this event by Edward Tingley, on the Biblical call to wisdom and the problem, in a fallen world, of being yourself. In the 2012–13 year, the College continues to operate with largely the same faculty and staff, with the addition of Bethany Stroup (’12), who was able to return to us and serve as resident Advisor following the departure of her two predecessors, Adam Gsellman (’11) and Michelle McKernan. After two years of work for us, Landon Coleman (’08), who pioneered the post of recruitment Officer, completed his term before returning to university studies in the spring. Since our last Newsletter Landon visited dozens of schools around Canada on behalf of the College. It does not seem that we will easily replace him. In other staff news, we are pleased to announce the birth, to Harold and Rebecca Visser, of Jacob Damian on August 21.

Weston LectureThe 2012 Weston Lecture, “The Shocking Truth about Christian Orthodoxy,” was delivered on March 23 by the Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, Dean of St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Crestwood, N.Y. A professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Fr. Behr also teaches courses in dogmatics and Scriptural exegesis and is Distinguished Lecturer in Patristics at Fordham University. His latest book is The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (2006). In his talk Fr. Behr challenged those who seek to bypass Scripture and understand ‘who Jesus really was’ on historical grounds, by explaining why historicism (which focuses on verifiable events) is of so little relevance when the actual issue is the meaning of those events. With verified events we would still not have Christianity. Christians, he says, are a blessed “community of interpreta-tion” that understands not directly, by seeing, but by having the meaning of what is seen revealed to it. Direct historical witness told the disciples nothing; though their own eyes saw all there was to see, this could not tell them the truth about Christ. Thus Jesus said to Peter (who had just called him “the Christ, the Son

of the living God”), “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 16:16–17). That Christians today would think the defense of their faith could hang on proof of the historical Jesus amounts almost to – rarity among rarities – a new kind of heresy. There is much more than the above in this fascinating talk. In the seven months since we posted it on our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/AugustineCollege) it has had over 10,000 views, making it our single most popular video and one that has attracted much new traffic from around the world. Coming up next March is the 2013 Weston Lecture, which will be given this year by our President, Dr. John Patrick, on “Talking about Wisdom in an Age of Information.”

Summer ConferenceA special conference on Augustine, saint, theologian, and philosopher – to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Augustine College – took place June 3–9. In a series of lectures titled

“Augustine’s Impact on Western Civilization: Thoughts on Human Nature,” we examined topics central to early Christianity: Augus-tine’s impact on science and medicine, two major works by Augustine (Confessions and On Christian Doctrine), Augustine’s formative influence upon Protestant thought, via the Augustinian monk Luther (is ‘Calvinism’ Calvinist or Augustinian?), patristic wisdom on the Christian’s role in the state, and current issues in medical ethics seen, as Augustine would recommend, in the light of Christian faith. The conference was well attended and again took place at the Laurentian Leadership Centre.The upcoming conference in the summer of 2013 (Module IV of our series in the history of Western thought) will take place June 9–15 and focus on the Late Middle Ages. For further details as plans take shape, please check the News and Events/Summer Conference page on our website.

AFAC2012 represents the fourth full year of operation of American Friends of Augustine College in its mission to raise funds for and promote the College. afac president Dr. Ross Betts writes,

“Our financial receipts continue to improve

our faith by coming to know them through the gift of teaching. This year, as always, we find ourselves blessed by the local presence of over a dozen active alumni who continue to contribute to the College in a myriad of ways. It is a particular goal of ours this year to reach out and engage our alumni. To this end we now have an Alumni Officer, Joel Reinhardt (’06), who, teamed with David McKernan (’07), is in the process of contacting all alumni in an effort to reconnect them with the College. If you are an alumna/alumnus or the parent of one, please contact Joel at alumnirep@augustinecollege.org to assist us in our efforts to stay in touch. Finally, if we are to engage the world as Christians we must be well equipped with a faith that is grounded in knowledge and the pursuit of truth – a faith of which we are prepared to give an account. Too often, in the face of seemingly rampant secularism, our response as Christians is to retreat into a comfortable, exclusively Christian environment where our faith sits unassailed. Yet this must not be our response. We must reach out to a world that seeks meaning and truth and encounter in all people that image and likeness of God revealed to us in the Incarnation. This is central to Augustine College’s mission. It is a mission that is sustained by the prayers that you and all of the College’s supporters continue to offer us. Yet in order for this mission to be carried on it also requires material support. Our primary current needs are funds for student bursaries. If you have never visited our Support page (augustinecollege.org/support), please have a look at what is there. If you are in a position to support the College financially on a one-time or a sustaining basis, I would be very pleased to hear from you; please contact me at dean@augustinecollege.org. Your generosity will be gratefully acknowledged. You are our greatest ambassadors. Please also support the College by spreading the word about what we do here and encouraging young people you know to consider spending a year with us.In Christ,

Dr. Andrew P.W. Bennett | Dean and Faculty

watch in our online Media Centre

The Class of 2013By row, from bottom left:Elise Wouters, Cypress County, AlbertaElizabeth Comninellis, Boulder, ColoradoEric Yeong, Markham, OntarioAnnalise Harrison, Berrien Center, MichiganB.J. Linton, West Chester, PennsylvaniaSarah Beattie, Barrie, OntarioKaylyn Madany, Dillon, MontanaScott Hogeveen, Millgrove, OntarioJames Comninellis, Kansas City, MissouriBen Siffring, Kingsport, TennesseeJoel Gamble, Toronto, OntarioOtto Langmoen, Brumunddal, NorwayJosh Roose, Tustin, MichiganBrian Hempel, Holland, MichiganHenry Gray, Dieppe, New BrunswickJaycee Cruz, Etobicoke, Ontario

Message from the Dean

The 16 students of our 16th year: 7 from Canada, 8 from the United States, and 1 from Norway

by approximately 10 percent per year. The range and number of donors continues to increase and includes many College alumni. Once again, David Rosentrater (’05) helped to promote the College at the Pennsylvania Home School Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. afac also helped to sponsor the circe Institute classical education conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in July, at which John Patrick made several presentations on behalf of the College. The mission of the circe Institute ‘is to support teachers and parents who want to cultivate wisdom and virtue in their students through the truths of Christian classical education,’ which gives it a natural connection with the work of the College, as evidenced by the considerable amount of traffic to the College website coming from circeinstitute.org. We anticipate a continued and deepened relationship with circe members in the years to come. Anyone wishing to contribute to afac activities can do so via our website (amfriendsaugustine.org). We accept stock transfers as well as monetary donations.”

Media NewsMentioned throughout the Newsletter are many new additions to the Media Centre (look for this sign ); among these be sure to watch the Testimonials video “Students speak about their year at Augustine College” and consider sharing this video with anyone you would like to encourage to attend. Please also note Edward Tingley’s “Healing the Sick: The Teaching of the Gospel through the Lens of Art” (a talk given at the National Conference of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada in Montreal this May). Doug Hayman’s weekly chapel reflections can now be found at saintbarnabas.ca/sermons.html (under the heading College Sermons). Many of his wonderful sermons can also be found there and are added to regularly. Our presence in the world of social media continues to build, especially on YouTube, where our video views have increased sixfold since last fall (from 4,000 to 25,000 views)!

Alumni NewsJason Baxter (’01), who earned his MA in Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame in 2009, is currently a PhD candidate there in medieval literature, working on Dante. He is also teaching at Wyoming Catholic College as an instructor of art history and humanities. He and his wife Rebecca have three children.Mat VanMilligen (’06) and Theresa-Marie Sullivan were married in August.

A U G U S T I N E C O L L E G E2 Monk Street, Ottawa

613-237-9870 | fax 613-237-3934mail 163 Fifth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 2M8, Canada

A non-profit charitable organization registered with Revenue Canada | no. 89037 7484 RR0001augustinecollege.org | info@augustinecollege.org

American Friends of Augustine College A 501(c)(3) organization | amfriendsaugustine.org

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Landon Coleman (’08) and Lara Lavelle (’10) were married September 2, then promptly departed for Montreal, where Landon is studying Music Therapy at Concordia and Lara is studying French and continuing her work in public history. The Augustine community owes much to the hard work and faithful friendship of these two alumni, and while we are thrilled to celebrate the beginning of their life together we miss their presence in Ottawa.Daniel and Laura Harris (both ’11) are parents of Lillian Ruth Harris, born April 17.Stefan and Alisha (Ring) Koppert (both ’11) are parents of Katherine Joy, born September 27.Four alumni (spanning three different years), along with three friends of alumni, are living in one of the College residences and greatly contributing to the life of the College.

SupportTo support the College financially, charitable donations by credit card can be made online through canadahelps.org (in Canada) and justgive.org (in the us), with planned-giving options available through both services. Please send us donations by cheque to afac. To thank you for donations, we invite you to choose complimentary selections from our media library, listed online at Further Learning/cd-dvd orders. Promote and contribute to our on-line presence by interacting with us on social networking services (tweet, follow, ‘like’, subscribe, comment, rate, etc.). Direct links can be found at News and Events/Latest News. We express our ongoing gratitude to the Spaenaur foundation, the Weston foundation, the Leptas Foundation, and to all our supporters for their generous gifts.

1 9 9 7 – 2 0 1 2

Newlyweds Lara and Landon Coleman

20

12

–20

13

By the Light of faith I have acquired wisdom in the wisdom of the Word – Your only-begotten Son. In the light of faith I am strong, constant, and persevering.

— S T. C AT H E r I N E O F S I E N A , Treaty of Obedience

hese words from the 14th century aptly mirror Augustine College’s guiding maxim of faith seeking understanding: they reveal the indispensible unity between faith and wisdom. At the College we continually build a community rooted in Christ and engaged in the pursuit of His truth in all things. As Dean, I marvel each year at the students that God blesses us with. Each year these young people discover in our College an environment where objective, universal truth is pursued, a truth that is not an abstract philosophy but is personalized and revealed for the entire world in the person of Christ. I invite those who would like to have a taste of what the College year means to our students to watch our new testimonial video (viewable directly on the home page). You will see that our students do have, at Augustine College, an encounter with Christ, in knowledge and in truth, that enlivens their spirits and you will understand why I find myself ever inspired by them. Our students and faculty each year come together guided by the light of faith through which we gain greater strength, constancy, and perseverance as we encounter and engage with the world. This year is no different. We are blessed with a class of sixteen from the US and Canada and from as far afield as Norway. They bring to the College such a diversity of experiences and expressions of Christian faith that we as faculty are enriched in