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@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){*{transition:none!important;animation:none!important;}}\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"crumb\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/\">The Path<\/a>\n <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span>\n <span class=\"here\">Cassiciacum<\/span>\n <span class=\"path-dots\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Position on the path\">\n <span class=\"d\" style=\"background:var(--c-tagaste)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\" style=\"background:var(--c-madaura)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\" style=\"background:var(--c-cartago)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\" style=\"background:var(--c-milan)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d active\" style=\"background:var(--c-casiciaco)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"hero\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"hero-grid\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">Stage 05 \u00b7 The Path<\/p>\n <p style=\"margin-top:18px;font-family:'Fraunces',serif;font-style:italic;font-size:22px;color:var(--ink-2);line-height:1.4;\">\n Conversion, the spring sky.\n <\/p>\n <h1 class=\"display\">\n Cassiciacum.<br>\n <em>Take up<\/em><br>\n <span class=\"accent-color\">and read.<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n Augustine, unsettled, enters Cassiciacum. Like a spring sky, this stage\n conveys the trust that takes root in faith and the inner peace of\n contemplative seeking.\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"age\">\n <span class=\"pip\"><\/span>\n Youth \u00b7 <strong>17+ years<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div style=\"position:relative;\">\n <div class=\"hero-visual\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-19-at-13.02.08.jpeg\" alt=\"JAR youth in prayer\" loading=\"eager\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero-badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IDENTIFICADOR-CASICIACO-V1.png\" alt=\"Cassiciacum emblem\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"story\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"story-grid\">\n <div class=\"meta\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow muted\">Augustine's step<\/p>\n <p class=\"meta-line\">Year 386 \u00b7 Cassiciacum.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Here Augustine<br>\n <em>makes his choice.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <div class=\"body stack\" style=\"margin-top:44px;\">\n <p>\n Augustine, unsettled, enters <strong>Cassiciacum<\/strong>. It is the place\n where a thousand voices pull at his cloak. On one side, the passions\n he knows and that hold him back. On the other, the \"take up and read\"\n of God's Word; alongside them, fear and doubt. And in the midst of it all,\n Augustine makes his choice, steps forward, and surrenders his heart to God.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The participants are <strong>young people over the age of 17<\/strong>.\n The dove symbolises perseverance in faith, the discovery of God's will,\n and an attitude of attentive listening to the divine voice.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"objective\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"objective-card\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">Stage objective<\/p>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n An intense, inward<br>\n <em>preparation.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"body\">\n <p>\n An intense preparation focused on the interior life and a deeper knowledge\n of Sacred Scripture and the Augustinian charism. Echoing through this stage\n is the famous \"take up and read\" that changed Augustine's life \u2014 and continues\n to change the lives of many young people today.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"pillars\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"pillars-head\">\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Four disciplines<br>\n of the <em>heart.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"legend\">\n What we live in Cassiciacum:<br>\n silence, the Word, and discernment.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillars-grid\">\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">i.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Interiority<\/h3>\n <p>Learning to dwell in one's own heart. Not fleeing from silence \u2014 discovering it as the place where God speaks.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">ii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Sacred Scripture<\/h3>\n <p>Getting to know the Word in depth. Not superficially, not as culture: as daily bread, as the One who calls.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Augustinian charism<\/h3>\n <p>Studying and living what is distinctive of the Augustinian Recollect family: the search for truth, life in common, dedication to the Church.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iv.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Vocational discernment<\/h3>\n <p>Taking seriously the question of what God wants from me. And letting the answer have real consequences.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"quote-band\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <blockquote>Tolle, lege. Take up and read.<\/blockquote>\n <p class=\"quote-cite\"><span>Cassiciacum<\/span>  \u00b7  Year 386<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cta\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"cta-grid\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">If you are at this moment in life<\/p>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Cassiciacum<br>\n is about <em>deciding.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n There is a JAR community where you can seriously ask yourself what you want\n to do with your life. 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