Our Hearts Are Restless: Saint Augustine on His Feast Day - Deacon Kurt Heinrich - 08/28/2026

The Catholic Morning Show · Aug 28, 2026 · 10m

Deacon Kurt Heinrich — a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Des Moines and a theology teacher at Dowling Catholic High School — joins Bo Bonner on the feast of Saint Augustine to give listeners the short version of a very long life.

Augustine was born in 354 into a mixed household: a non-believing father and a devout mother. Bright and restless, he pursued the things of the world — wealth, reputation, a teaching career that carried him from his hometown to Rome and then Milan. He entered the Church at thirty-three, baptized by the Bishop of Milan, Ambrose, and what followed was an explosion…