What is AYE?
AYE stands for Augustinian Youth Encounter, which is an international gathering of youth and young adults to celebrate the teachings of St Augustine. AYE participants will travel from many Augustinian provinces around the world - Italy, Philippines, USA, England, Spain, South Africa, Korea, Australia etc etc.

When and where will AYE take place?
The International Augustinian Youth Encounter is to be held from Monday evening, 21st July 2008 to Sunday noon, 27th July 2008. It will take place in the week straight after the final WYD mass with the Pope. Participants will go back to St Augustine’s College Brookvale Sydney after the WYD mass. On the following night (Monday 21st July) will be the Opening Ceremony for the AYE. We will then be moving to the Collaroy Conference Centre the next morning.

How did the AYE begin?
It was agreed that the various regional and national Augustinian initiatives for adults would be greatly enhanced by having a multi-national or international Augustinian Encounter for Young Adults, which would henceforth be held at regular intervals in a variety of nations.

And so the Augustinian International Encounters for Young Adults began. The first (and second) venue chosen could not have been more appropriate. It was the Augustinian monastery at Lecceto, which is near Siena in Italy. Since 1972 conducted by Augustinian contemplative nuns, for most of six earlier centuries the Lecceto monastery was a special centre of spirituality and saintly recollection for successive generations of Augustinian friars from Italy and beyond.

When and where was the previous AYE held?
The last Augustinian Youth Encounter was held in Pavia in 2006.ture