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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\">Tagaste<\/span>\n <span class=\"path-dots\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Position on the path\">\n <span class=\"d active\" style=\"background:var(--c-tagaste)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/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 01 \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 Childhood, the first sowing.\n <\/p>\n <h1 class=\"display\">\n Tagaste.<br>\n <em>Where it all<\/em><br>\n <span class=\"accent-color\">begins.<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n The starting point in the life of Saint Augustine. Like the immensity of\n the ocean, this stage represents the purity of the simple heart and the\n trust of a child who allows himself to be guided.\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"age\">\n <span class=\"pip\"><\/span>\n Boys & Girls \u00b7 <strong>8 to 10 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-13.02.09.jpeg\" alt=\"Boys and girls in a pastoral activity\" 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-TAGASTE-V1.png\" alt=\"Tagaste 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 354 \u00b7 Tagaste, Numidia.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Here Augustine was a child.<br>\n <em>Like you.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <div class=\"body stack\" style=\"margin-top:44px;\">\n <p>\n Tagaste is the <strong>starting point in the life of Saint Augustine<\/strong>.\n There he spent his early years, alongside his parents and the rest of his\n family. It is also the place where he goes to school for the first time,\n and where his mother Monica first speaks to him about God.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The participants in this stage are <strong>boys and girls aged 8 to 10<\/strong>,\n who draw near to the ecclesial community to continue their Christian\n initiation formation. The drop of holy water from baptism symbolises that\n simple heart beginning to discover the immensity of God's love.\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 Christian<br>\n <em>initiation.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"body\">\n <p>\n To help children come to know, at their own level, the figure of Saint\n Augustine and the Augustinian Recollect family. To bring them closer to\n the ecclesial community so they can continue their Christian formation\n with joy and trust.\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 seeds<br>\n <em>to begin with.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"legend\">\n What we live in Tagaste:<br>\n the small gestures that open a heart.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillars-grid\">\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">i.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Meeting Augustine as a child<\/h3>\n <p>Discovering the saint not as a statue, but as a child who had parents, school, and mischief to get into. Just like us.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">ii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Belonging to the family<\/h3>\n <p>Learning that being JAR means being part of a worldwide family: the Augustinian Recollect family, with many brothers and sisters in many countries.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Praying together<\/h3>\n <p>The first shared prayers, the first silences, the first songs. Learning that God listens.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iv.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Safe accompaniment<\/h3>\n <p>Every group has a carefully selected and trained leader who ensures respect, safety, and care within the group.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"quote-band\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <blockquote>Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you.<\/blockquote>\n <p class=\"quote-cite\"><span>Saint Augustine<\/span> \u00b7 Confessions, X, 27<\/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\">Do you have a child this age?<\/p>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n The path begins<br>\n with a <em>first step.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n There is a JAR near your home. Find it and write to us: we will tell you\n how Tagaste works in your community.\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-13.02.09.jpeg\" alt=\"Children at a pastoral 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 <div class=\"nav-card disabled\">\n <span class=\"label\">\u2190 Beginning of the path<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--ink-3);margin-top:14px;font-size:16px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0;\">\n This is the first stage.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <a class=\"nav-card next\" href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/madaura\/\">\n <span class=\"label\">Next stage \u2192<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--c-madaura);\">Madaura<\/div>\n <div class=\"age\">10 to 12 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>Tagaste \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-9007","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\/9007","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=9007"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9070,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007\/revisions\/9070"}],"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=9007"}],"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\">Tagaste<\/span>\n <span class=\"path-dots\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Position on the path\">\n <span class=\"d active\" style=\"background:var(--c-tagaste)\"><\/span>\n <span class=\"d\"><\/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 01 \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 Childhood, the first sowing.\n <\/p>\n <h1 class=\"display\">\n Tagaste.<br>\n <em>Where it all<\/em><br>\n <span class=\"accent-color\">begins.<\/span>\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n The starting point in the life of Saint Augustine. Like the immensity of\n the ocean, this stage represents the purity of the simple heart and the\n trust of a child who allows himself to be guided.\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"age\">\n <span class=\"pip\"><\/span>\n Boys & Girls \u00b7 <strong>8 to 10 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-13.02.09.jpeg\" alt=\"Boys and girls in a pastoral activity\" 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-TAGASTE-V1.png\" alt=\"Tagaste 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 354 \u00b7 Tagaste, Numidia.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n Here Augustine was a child.<br>\n <em>Like you.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <div class=\"body stack\" style=\"margin-top:44px;\">\n <p>\n Tagaste is the <strong>starting point in the life of Saint Augustine<\/strong>.\n There he spent his early years, alongside his parents and the rest of his\n family. It is also the place where he goes to school for the first time,\n and where his mother Monica first speaks to him about God.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The participants in this stage are <strong>boys and girls aged 8 to 10<\/strong>,\n who draw near to the ecclesial community to continue their Christian\n initiation formation. The drop of holy water from baptism symbolises that\n simple heart beginning to discover the immensity of God's love.\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 Christian<br>\n <em>initiation.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"body\">\n <p>\n To help children come to know, at their own level, the figure of Saint\n Augustine and the Augustinian Recollect family. To bring them closer to\n the ecclesial community so they can continue their Christian formation\n with joy and trust.\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 seeds<br>\n <em>to begin with.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"legend\">\n What we live in Tagaste:<br>\n the small gestures that open a heart.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillars-grid\">\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">i.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Meeting Augustine as a child<\/h3>\n <p>Discovering the saint not as a statue, but as a child who had parents, school, and mischief to get into. Just like us.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">ii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Belonging to the family<\/h3>\n <p>Learning that being JAR means being part of a worldwide family: the Augustinian Recollect family, with many brothers and sisters in many countries.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iii.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Praying together<\/h3>\n <p>The first shared prayers, the first silences, the first songs. Learning that God listens.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"pillar\">\n <div class=\"num\">iv.<\/div>\n <h3 class=\"display\">Safe accompaniment<\/h3>\n <p>Every group has a carefully selected and trained leader who ensures respect, safety, and care within the group.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"quote-band\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <blockquote>Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you.<\/blockquote>\n <p class=\"quote-cite\"><span>Saint Augustine<\/span> \u00b7 Confessions, X, 27<\/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\">Do you have a child this age?<\/p>\n <h2 class=\"display\">\n The path begins<br>\n with a <em>first step.<\/em>\n <\/h2>\n <p class=\"lede\">\n There is a JAR near your home. Find it and write to us: we will tell you\n how Tagaste works in your community.\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-13.02.09.jpeg\" alt=\"Children at a pastoral 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 <div class=\"nav-card disabled\">\n <span class=\"label\">\u2190 Beginning of the path<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--ink-3);margin-top:14px;font-size:16px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0;\">\n This is the first stage.\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <a class=\"nav-card next\" href=\"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/camino\/madaura\/\">\n <span class=\"label\">Next stage \u2192<\/span>\n <div class=\"name\" style=\"color:var(--c-madaura);\">Madaura<\/div>\n <div class=\"age\">10 to 12 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>Tagaste \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-9007","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\/9007","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=9007"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9070,"href":"https:\/\/jarinternacional.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007\/revisions\/9070"}],"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=9007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}