What is Augustine House?

Augustine House is a new Assumption College housing option available to young men who wish to live together in a Christian community.

The house is located next to campus on Old English Road across from the Student Development Center. It can accommodate up to five students and one Assumptionist and features ample common space (living room, dining room, kitchen, laundry facilities, and study space).

There will be frequent interaction with the Assumptionist community at Emmanuel House for prayer, meals, and other activities.

Why Augustine House?

Augustine House exists for young men who value the spiritual dimension of their lives and are open to the possibility of the priesthood and/or religious life. It provides a strong community life, a climate of serious study, encouragement for private and common prayer, spiritual direction, and a life of apostolic service.

Augustine House will open in the fall semester of 2010 as an initiative commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Fr. Emmanuel d'Alzon, the founder of the Assumptionists. Augustine House is a response to the express desire by students for a housing option that would have Christian living at its core and allow for the time and environment for discerning God's call.

You made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you.

St. Augustine, Confessions, I,1

Who can apply?

Augustine House is open to Assumption College sophomore, junior, and senior men who are serious students and both willing and capable of forming a Christian community.

How to apply?

Students who are interested should submit a letter of request explaining why they want to live at Augustine House together with two letters of recommendation from individuals who can testify to their qualifications for living here. At least one letter of recommendation should come from someone who works at Assumption (a professor, a campus minister, an administrator, etc.). The other may come from a parish priest or another person who knows the applicant well.

When to apply?

All requests and supporting documentation should be submitted by January 31. Interviews will take place during the first two weeks of February and letters of acceptance will be sent out by mid-February.

Cost

Residents will pay a room fee consistent with that of other residence halls on campus. They will not pay the regular board fee but will contribute equally to the food budget of the house.

For more information, please contact:

Bro. Ronald Sibugan, a.a.
Vocation Coordinator
330 Market Street, Boston, MA 02135

508-215-9541

assumption.vocmin@gmail.com