On Friday 11^th October 2019, the Augustinian Institute opened the Academic Year 2019-2020. The Reverend Provincial, Fr Leslie Gatt OSA concelebrated Mass together with Rev. Professor Salvinu Caruana OSA, Director, Fr Pierre Desira OSA, Assistant Director, Fr Joe Borg OSA, and Fr Mario Attard ofm cap. Around 40 participants have registered for the courses of the forthcoming academic year, including the Mayor of the town of Pietà, Mr Keith Tanti. The forthcoming academic year will include a series of talks on the Confessions of St Augustine delivered by a number of University lecturers. The Annual St Augustine Lecture will be held on Wednesday 27^th November 2019 at the University of Malta at 7.00pm. The lecture, titled “The Splintered Mind: Augustine’s ingenious response to the problem of Time,” will be delivered by Professor Martijn Boven from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.