Editing Augustinians (section)

==Charism==
In a religious community, "charism" is the particular contribution that each religious order, congregation or family and its individual members, embodies.<ref>[http://www.augustinian.org/who-we-are/the-augustinians "The Augustinians", Province of St. Thomas of Villanova] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217200906/http://www.augustinian.org/who-we-are/the-augustinians |date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> The teaching and writing of Augustine, the ''Augustinian Rule'', and the lives and experiences of Augustinians over sixteen centuries help define the [[ethos]] and special charism of the order.

The pursuit of truth through learning is key to the Augustinian ethos, balanced by the injunction to behave with love towards one another. These same imperatives of affection and fairness have driven the order in its international missionary outreach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.agustinasmisioneras.net/quienesingles.htm|title=San Agustín|date=2008-02-14|access-date=2017-12-12|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214082245/http://www.agustinasmisioneras.net/quienesingles.htm|archive-date=2008-02-14}}</ref> This balanced pursuit of love and learning has energised the various branches of the order into building communities founded on mutual affection and intellectual advancement.

Augustine spoke passionately of God's "beauty so ancient and so new",<ref>Augustine of Hippo, Confessions 10, 27</ref> and his fascination with beauty extended to music. He taught that "whoever sings prays twice" (''Qui cantat, bis orat'')<ref>Augustine of Hippo Sermons 336, 1 PL 38, 1472</ref> and music is also a key part of the Augustinian ethos. Contemporary Augustinian musical foundations include the [[Augustinian Church, Vienna|Augustinerkirche]] in Vienna, where orchestral masses by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] are performed every week, as well as the boys' choir<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061218130318/http://www.florianer.at/site_en/ Sankt Florian boys' choir]</ref> at [[Sankt Florian]] in Austria, a school conducted by Augustinian canons, a choir now over 1,000 years old.

Augustinians have also produced a formidable body of scholarly works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:70206|title=Collection Items: Contributions from Augustinian Theologians and Scholars|website=digital.library.villanova.edu|access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>