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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\">Madaura<\/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 active\" style=\"background:var(--c-madaura)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/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 02 \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 The group, the spark that grows.\n <\/p>\n <h1 class=\"display\">\n Madaura.<br>\n <em>The first journey<\/em><br>\n <span class=\"accent-color\">away from home.<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n Augustine leaves Tagaste to continue his studies. Like a spark beginning\n to grow, this stage represents the enthusiasm of childhood in the encounter\n with Jesus.\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"age\">\n <span class=\"pip\"><\/span>\n Boys & Girls \u00b7 <strong>10 to 12 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-13.02.07-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Boys and girls at a JAR gathering\" 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-MADAURA-V1.png\" alt=\"Madaura 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 366 \u00b7 Madaura, Numidia.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Here Augustine<br>\n <em>leaves home.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <div class=\"body stack\" style=\"margin-top:44px;\">\n <p>\n Once his time in Tagaste is complete, Augustine continues his studies in\n <strong>Madaura<\/strong>. It is his first time leaving home, his first\n real contact with a wider world. He is still a boy, but he is already\n beginning to ask questions and forge friendships beyond the family circle.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The participants are <strong>boys and girls aged 10 to 12<\/strong> who\n have received at least one sacrament of Christian initiation and continue\n along the itinerary. The book symbolises the Word and the knowledge that\n begins to kindle the heart.\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 Building a sense<br>\n of <em>belonging.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"body\">\n <p>\n To plant in them a feeling of group identity and belonging to the Movement,\n through the Augustinian values \u2014 especially that of community.\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 steps<br>\n <em>towards the group.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"legend\">\n What we live in Madaura:<br>\n the first bonds that form community.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillars-grid\">\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">i.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">My group, my people<\/h3>\n <p>Recognising faces, names, and stories. Beginning to say \"my people\" with meaning, not just as a label.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">ii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Augustinian values<\/h3>\n <p>Interiority, friendship, the search for truth, and community. Four words learned by living them.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Sacraments and prayer<\/h3>\n <p>Continuing the sacramental itinerary, calmly preparing for the next steps of Christian initiation.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iv.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Safe accompaniment<\/h3>\n <p>The group leader is trained and carefully selected, following the Movement's safeguarding guidelines for minors.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"quote-band\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <blockquote>Friendship is not true unless you yourself make it between those who cling to one another.<\/blockquote>\n <p class=\"quote-cite\"><span>Saint Augustine<\/span> \u00b7 Confessions, IV<\/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\">Is there a group near you?<\/p>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Madaura<br>\n is <em>joining a family.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n Find the closest JAR group and write to us. Your son or daughter will\n already have someone waiting for them.\n <\/p>\n <div class=\"btn-row\">\n <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/encuentra.jarinternacional.org\">Find your JAR <span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"cta-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-19-at-13.02.08-3.jpeg\" alt=\"JAR group at a gathering\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"etapa-nav\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"nav-grid\">\n <a class=\"nav-card\" href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/tagaste\/\">\n <span class=\"label\">\u2190 Previous stage<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--c-tagaste);\">Tagaste<\/div>\n <div class=\"age\">8 to 10 years<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"nav-card next\" href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/cartago\/\">\n <span class=\"label\">Next stage \u2192<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--c-cartago);\">Carthage<\/div>\n <div class=\"age\">12 to 14 years<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madaura \u2014 The Path \u00b7 JAR…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8884,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-8978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8978"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9044,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8978\/revisions\/9044"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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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\">Madaura<\/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 active\" style=\"background:var(--c-madaura)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/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 02 \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 The group, the spark that grows.\n <\/p>\n <h1 class=\"display\">\n Madaura.<br>\n <em>The first journey<\/em><br>\n <span class=\"accent-color\">away from home.<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n Augustine leaves Tagaste to continue his studies. Like a spark beginning\n to grow, this stage represents the enthusiasm of childhood in the encounter\n with Jesus.\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"age\">\n <span class=\"pip\"><\/span>\n Boys & Girls \u00b7 <strong>10 to 12 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-13.02.07-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Boys and girls at a JAR gathering\" 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-MADAURA-V1.png\" alt=\"Madaura 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 366 \u00b7 Madaura, Numidia.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Here Augustine<br>\n <em>leaves home.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <div class=\"body stack\" style=\"margin-top:44px;\">\n <p>\n Once his time in Tagaste is complete, Augustine continues his studies in\n <strong>Madaura<\/strong>. It is his first time leaving home, his first\n real contact with a wider world. He is still a boy, but he is already\n beginning to ask questions and forge friendships beyond the family circle.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The participants are <strong>boys and girls aged 10 to 12<\/strong> who\n have received at least one sacrament of Christian initiation and continue\n along the itinerary. The book symbolises the Word and the knowledge that\n begins to kindle the heart.\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 Building a sense<br>\n of <em>belonging.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"body\">\n <p>\n To plant in them a feeling of group identity and belonging to the Movement,\n through the Augustinian values \u2014 especially that of community.\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 steps<br>\n <em>towards the group.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"legend\">\n What we live in Madaura:<br>\n the first bonds that form community.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillars-grid\">\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">i.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">My group, my people<\/h3>\n <p>Recognising faces, names, and stories. Beginning to say \"my people\" with meaning, not just as a label.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">ii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Augustinian values<\/h3>\n <p>Interiority, friendship, the search for truth, and community. Four words learned by living them.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Sacraments and prayer<\/h3>\n <p>Continuing the sacramental itinerary, calmly preparing for the next steps of Christian initiation.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iv.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Safe accompaniment<\/h3>\n <p>The group leader is trained and carefully selected, following the Movement's safeguarding guidelines for minors.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"quote-band\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <blockquote>Friendship is not true unless you yourself make it between those who cling to one another.<\/blockquote>\n <p class=\"quote-cite\"><span>Saint Augustine<\/span> \u00b7 Confessions, IV<\/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\">Is there a group near you?<\/p>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Madaura<br>\n is <em>joining a family.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n Find the closest JAR group and write to us. Your son or daughter will\n already have someone waiting for them.\n <\/p>\n <div class=\"btn-row\">\n <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/encuentra.jarinternacional.org\">Find your JAR <span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"cta-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-19-at-13.02.08-3.jpeg\" alt=\"JAR group at a gathering\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"etapa-nav\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"nav-grid\">\n <a class=\"nav-card\" href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/tagaste\/\">\n <span class=\"label\">\u2190 Previous stage<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--c-tagaste);\">Tagaste<\/div>\n <div class=\"age\">8 to 10 years<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"nav-card next\" href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/cartago\/\">\n <span class=\"label\">Next stage \u2192<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--c-cartago);\">Carthage<\/div>\n <div class=\"age\">12 to 14 years<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madaura \u2014 The Path \u00b7 JAR…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8884,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-8978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8978"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9044,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8978\/revisions\/9044"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}