I muri mai, i te tau 388, ka oti i a Augustine tana apology On the Holiness of the Catholic Church. I taua tau ano, ka hoki mai a Adeodatus raua ko Augustine ki te kainga ki Awherika. I mate te whaea o Augustine a Monica i Ostia, Itari, i a raua e whakarite ana ki te eke ki Awherika. I to raua taenga mai, ka tiimata te oranga o te waatea rangatira i te kainga o te whanau o Augustine. I muri tata mai, ka mate ano a Adeodatus. I hokona e Augustine tana taonga tuku iho ka hoatu te moni ki nga rawakore. Ko te mea anake i mau i a ia ko te whare o te whanau, i hurihia e ia hei turanga monastic mo ia me tetahi roopu hoa. I te 391 i whakatapua a Augustine hei tohunga i Hippo Regius (i tenei wa ko Annaba i Alba). I noho ia hei kaikauwhau rongonui i Alba. I hoki mai a Augustine ki te kainga ki Awherika. I te wa i tae mai ai raua ki Ostia, i mate a Monica i Itari, ka tiimata te ora o te oranga rangatira i te kainga o te whanau
Te kōhatu