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Highlights from the Annual Retreat 2018
With over 220 students and alumni from more than 20 colleges in attendance, this year's retreat was by far our largest yet!
Augustine Collective | Augustine Collective News | January 19-20, 2018
Standing United: A Rhetoric Major’s Reflection
Although nothing is necessarily wrong with standing against something that is wrong, the implications of the word “against” reiterates the divided and polarizing environment we are looking to transcend.
Victoria Lai | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2017December 2017
Reforming Insignificance in the Church
I realize that this type of culture does not predominate all Christian churches, but I do have to acknowledge that these types of communities exist, and I’ve been a victim of them.
Diana Lutfi | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016
Resting in the Land of the Lotus-Eaters
We are able to fully understand and sympathize with the sailors’ situation because seeing their vulnerability, we unconsciously yet fundamentally acknowledge our own susceptibility to the same evil.
Eleanor Duan | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016
The Strongest Argument Against Christianity
I think that the strongest argument against Christianity can be made by comparing modern Christians with the Bible.
James Frederick | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
Control//Support
Power, in our modern context, consists of (1) the ability to do things others are not able to do, or (2) the ability to control others’ actions directly.
Andrew Chang | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017
“Scientia Potentia Est”
Scientia potentia est, more commonly known as “knowledge is power,” is an aphorism suggesting that higher forms of knowledge correlate with greater power.
Lauren Hall | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017April 2017
March 2017
September 2016
June 2016
April 2016
March 2016
Perfect Justice
There is something that God can do that we can’t, and that is to give each one of us perfect justice.
Zelina Gaytan | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2015
Highlights from the West Coast Retreat 2016
The 1st Augustine Collective West Coast Retreat was held in Cambria, CA from February 26th-27th.
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Where Power and Fear Collide
Christ challenges [the Chinese government's] traditional notion of power with a picture of power that is voluntarily self-limiting.
Jonathan Chen | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2015August 2015
Social Justice and the Eucharistic Life
Although the Church was not the source of the injustices in their community, they believed those who were wasteful or did not give freely exacerbated the suffering of others.
Monica Mikhail | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2015
Abortion and Social Justice
The greatest burden for the woman, more than an unplanned pregnancy, is the burden of living but knowing that she felt her circumstances forced her to terminate a human life within her.
Allen Huang | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2015June 2015
April 2015
March 2015
Blessed Endurance
The Book of Job was one that I found initially too intimidating to read and I misconstrued it as merely a story about suffering.
Stephanie Yom | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2014
Strangers in a Strange Land
What exactly does it mean to “seek the welfare of the city”?
Lisa Ann Yu | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2014August 2014
The Limitations of Science, and the Necessity of Faith
All this to say, I consider science an important part of my identity, and I do not demean the discipline lightly. That said, we will examine four of science’s limitations.
Seong Min (Daniel) Yoo | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014
An Interview with Professor Jeffrey Reimer
"[On science and faith:] It’s like living with your brother. You’re different but you’re close, and that’s how conflict can arise too."
Jonathan Chan & Chloe Ng | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014July 2014
Unexpected Miracles
My third day in Berkeley, I discovered that my next-door neighbor shared my faith. God knew I would need Christian friends as I entered a period of independence, so He provided one for me.
Lisa Ann Yu | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014
Scope of Scientific Inquiry
The qualifications of scientific knowledge will aid us in seeing to what extent science is capable of speaking what is true about the reality, and in turn, concerning what is true about religion.
Mu Young Jeong | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014June 2014
Peace in the Unending Storms
I felt so empty clutching the cross I was wearing around my neck and I just remember thinking, ‘I don’t want to keep living this nightmare.’
Meriah Barajas | UC Berkeley To An Unknown God | Spring 2014
On Olber’s Paradox
The question my dad posed was this: “Does there necessarily have to have been a beginning?”
Sharon Liu | |
The Science of Christianity
I am currently a third year and studying Integrative Biology because I am fascinated by science, work in a research lab that focuses on genetics and evolution, and I am a Christian.
Noah Cho | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014
