20% off in honor of the Feast of St. Augustine

A new feature film on the life of St. Augustine, plus 20% off in honor of his feast day!

Today, August 28th, marks the Feast of St. Augustine. To honor this great Doctor of the Church, Ignatius Press is offering 20% off the books and film listed below. We are also happy to announce on this great feast day, the upcoming release of the epic film on his life: Restless Heart. This is the first full-length feature film on St. Augustine, the screenplay is based on his landmark work, The Confessions.  To watch a preview of this remarkable film and to find out how you can host a theatrical screening, visit the website here.

The Ignatius Press Super Summer Sale is in it's final days. Make sure you check out our sale items here and take advantage of great sale prices before it's too late!

The Confessions: Saint Augustine of Hippo Ignatius Critical Editions St. Augustine The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. This acclaimed new translation by Sister Maria Boulding, O.S.B., masterfully captures his experience, and is written in an elegant and flowing style. Her beautiful contemporary translation of the ancient Confessions makes the classic work more accessible to modern readers. Also available as an e-book. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96     The Confessions of St. Augustine St. Augustine was one of the most remarkable figures of the early Church. In his famous classic, Confessions, Augustine reveals his struggles with temptation as well as his passionate love of God. In this first modern illustrated edition of the Confessions, St. Augustine's words are accompanied by beautiful medieval and Renaissance illustrations from manuscripts in the collection from the British Library. Regular price: $19.95, sale price: $15.96   Book of All Saints Adrienne von Speyr Over a period of many years, Adrienne von Speyr would see the saints (and other devout people) at prayer, and she would dictate what she saw to Fr. von Balthasar - while she was in a state of mystical prayer. This book presents these unique mystical insights into the prayer lives of many saints taken from Adrienne's direct visions of them in prayer. Among the long list of saints in this book are St. Augustine, St. John the Apostle, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Ignatius of Loyola and more. Also available as an e-book. Regular price: $24.95, sale price: $19.96

The Restless Flame A Novel about St. Augustine Louis de Wohl Louis de Wohl tells the story of St. Augustine's transformation from a vain, sensual youth to the brilliant, devout writer and theologian - the man who conquered himself as completely as he did the adversaries of the Church - whose literary and philosophical masterpieces were to dominate Western thought for a thousand years. Also available as an e-book and audio download. Regular price: $17.95, sale price: $14.36   Church Fathers From Clement of Rome to Augustine Pope Benedict XVI Church Fathers presents important figures of early Christianity in all their evangelical vitality, spiritual profundity, and uncompromising love of God. Benedict tells the true story of Christianity's against-all-odds triumph in the face of fierce Roman hostility and persecution. Benedict also discusses such great Christian figures as St. Augustine and many more. Also available in e-book and audio download. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96   St. Augustine (DVD) Father Benedict Groeschel does a labor of love by introducing the viewer to his teacher of fifty years, St. Augustine. This preeminent Father of the Church left over five million published words — ranging from history and philosophy to scriptural commentary and mystical writings. Fr. Benedict is your guide in this 3-part series on the life and writings of St. Augustine. Regular price: $19.95, sale price: $15.96

How well do you REALLY know Saint Augustine?

This week, not only do we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Augustine of Hippo, but also the Feast Day of his mother, St. Monica.

Augustine was an intelligent boy who studied rhetoric in Carthage and became an eloquent orator - so good that he once convinced a judge to let a guilty man go. Living in Carthage tempted him in ways he couldn't resist; he lived for pleasure and rebuked God for years.

Monica, his mother, prayed incessantly for his conversion and that of his father, Patricius.  A year before his death, Patricius converted to Christianity.

Monica refused to let Augustine live at home when he returned from Carthage because of his narcissistic ways and his support of Manichaeism, a popular heresy of the time. She gave in only after seeing a vision in which a voice told her, "Your son is with you."

Augustine's first love was philosophy. When he heard Bishop Ambrose of Milan preach, Augustine knew he was speaking truth. Ambrose's examples and Monica's prayers led to Augustine's conversion.

Augustine went on to become a priest, bishop, founder of a religious order of priests, and a prolific writer. His conversion story has helped many people turn to faith and follow his great example.

RESTLESS HEART is the first full-length feature film on St. Augustine, one of the most influential Doctors of the Church. Ignatius Press offers this European production to American audiences, and it's available now for hosted theatrical screenings.

The screenplay is based on St. Augustine's landmark work, The Confessions. RESTLESS HEART tells his story in his own words!

Join parishes and other organizations across the country who have already booked screenings to bring this epic motion picture to their communities.

That's right! YOU can host an exclusive screening of RESTLESS HEART...it's easy...visit the official film website at www.RestlessHeartFilm.com to learn more.

Whether you make it a night out at the movies for your parish, organization, group - or a fundraiser - you can now bring St. Augustine to life on the big screen!

Watch the Restless Heart trailer here.

Comments

[Mausami]

Chesterton will definitely keep you awake. It's like litsneing to a novel even though it's nonfiction. I've read Orthodoxy and about half of Confessions. The Confessions are great, but it is kinda slow going.