Course Programme – 2026

Every Friday at 6pm, from 9th January, 2026, at The Santa Rita Priory, Sqaq Lourdes Street, St. Julian’s.
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The Relevance of Selected Themes in the Writings and Teachings of Saint Augustine of Hippo.
This Course open for everyone is being organise by The Augustinian Institute run by the Maltese Augustinian Province. This course is going to begin on Friday 9th January at 6pm with a Eucharistic Celebration presided by Rev Fr Leslie Gatt OSA, Prior Provincial and President of The Augustinian Institute. You can see the Course Programme here:

The Relevance of Selected Themes in the Writings and Teachings of Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Friday 9th January 2026 (6pm)

Eucharistic Celebration

Rev. Fr Leslie Gatt OSA
Prior Provincial & President of the Augustinian Institute

An Introductory Overview of the 2026 Academic Year

Fr. Pierre Desira OSA (Ist. Agost.)
Vice-Director of the Augustinian Institute

Friday 16th January 2026 (6pm)

The Relevance of Saint Augustine’s Teaching on Environmental Issues

Mons Professur Hector Scerri (UOM – Ist.Agost.)

Friday 23rd January 2026 (6pm)

Ecology and Christian Faith

Dr Dorianne Buttiġieġ SThD (UOM)

Friday 30th January 2026 (6pm)

Economy and Christian Faith

Dr Ivan Paul Griscti (UOM)

Friday 6th February 2026 (6pm)

Political Thought in Saint Augustine

Fr. Pierre Desira OSA (Ist.Agost.)

Friday 13th February 2026 (6pm)

The Ontological Foundation of Justice in the Thought of
Saint Augustine.

Fr. Luċjan Borg OSA PhD (Louv.)

Friday 20th February 2026 (6pm)

Social Justice in the Thought of Saint Augustine

Fr. Luċjan Borg OSA PhD (Louv.)

Friday 27th February 2026 (6pm)

The Thought on Peace in the Writings of Certain Church Fathers of the Eastern Christian Tradition (1st–6th Centuries)

Can Prof Jonathan Farrugia (UOM – Ist.Agost.)

Friday 6th March 2026 (6pm)

Saint Augustine and the Globalization

Dr Ritienne Debono MD (Ist.Agost.)

Friday 13th March 2026 (6pm)

Saint Augustine and the marriage

Friday 20th March 2026 (6pm)

Developments in Theology, Spirituality, and Social Teaching in the Magisterium of Pope Leo XIV (2025–)

Wednesday 25th March 2026 (7pm)

27th Annual Saint Augustine Lecture:
Reading Saint Augustine and Renewing Democracy

Prof. Jean-Marie SALAMITO (Univ. Sorbonne)

University of Malta

Thursday 26th March 2026 (6pm)

Saint Augustine and Human Dignity

Prof. Jean-Marie SALAMITO (Univ. Sorbonne)

The Santa Rita Priory, San Ġiljan

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