By Kaitlynn Riely
Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) -- St. Augustine of Hippo just got a whole lot hipper.
The fifth-century doctor of the church, perhaps known best for "Confessions," an autobiographical account of his conversion to Christianity, now has a MySpace page.
Michael Dolan, the director of communications for the Augustinians of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, said he started the page on St. Augustine's behalf as an engaging way to introduce visitors to St. Augustine and the Augustinians.
"The focus of the page is to give people a deeper sense of who Augustine was, but also to get them engaged in Augustinian spirituality," Dolan told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview.
The popular social networking Web site myspace.com allows users to post pictures and information about themselves on their personal pages. All users -- and now St. Augustine -- can add other users to their list of friends.
As of the afternoon of June 12, St. Augustine had 87 MySpace friends, including two named Pope Benedict XVI; two fellow saints, Sts. George and Brigid; some guy named Josh; and Canadian singer Celine Dion.
You can see St Augustine's MySpace profile here.
His interests include: "praying, writing, reading, rhetoric, preaching, hanging out with friends."
facebook would have been a whole lot hipper
Posted by: anthony | June 13, 2007 at 04:29 PM
Auggie is a bit of a traditionalist.
Posted by: joseph | June 13, 2007 at 05:16 PM
Canadians interested in St. Augustine's Confessions may also be interested in the Globe and Mail's series on great books. There, as elsewhere where Augustine comes up, there is a tendancy toward extreme polemics. Too bad.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080307.w50books/BNStory/Entertainment/home
Posted by: Jim Kelly | March 09, 2008 at 10:12 PM