Unto Dawn
Visions of a Better Future
Aurelia seeks to manifest a new world through education, one in which families are born of happy marriages and thrive with no need to fall in debt for the land they own, the food they grow, or the children they raise; a world of clean rivers and golden fields, of bullet trains and earthen homesteads powered by the sun; a world of diverse communities, independent yet interrelated, built by local artisans, fed by local farmers, led by men grown from the lands they lead, through night unto a brighter dawn.
Roots in the Soil
From Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option:
“Stability. Along those lines, a tree that is repeatedly uprooted and transplanted will be hard pressed to produce healthy fruit. So it is with people [and their spiritual lives].
“If you are going to put down spiritual roots, taught St. Benedict, you need to stay in one place long enough for them to go deep. The Rule requires monks to take a vow of ‘stability’—meaning that barring unusual circumstances, including being sent out as a missionary, the monk will remain for the rest of his life in the monastery where he took his vows.”
In the face of Modernity’s global reach, which homogenizes all who partake in international trade, finance, culture, and education, the ability for communities to retain local youth, wealth, and culture has become urgent. Thus, Aurelia seeks to embed students in an intellectual tradition and fulfilling career at home rather than “abroad”. When healthy communities begin to develop around these, Aurelia will have satisfied its purpose. For, like a graft over healing wounds, Aurelia will ultimately become the very thing it seeks to save.
Restore Culture
Building the World Anew
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L.I.M.B.
Localized Institutions of Media and Broadcasting
To consolidate into real-world action the thought of those who seek a healthy, post-liberal perspective, L.I.MB. seeks provide a platform for the publication of stories, essays, poetry, and podcasts rooted in beauty.
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B.R.A.N.C.H.
Building Regulations and Administration for Networks of Community Health
To maintain the cultural artifacts necessary for the continuation of local heritage, B.R.A.N.C.H. seeks to develop community centers in which the next generation can rediscover what makes them and their ancestors unique.
Our Objectives (What We Seek)
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I: Health
A successful holistic education will manifest as health in heart, mind, body and soul for the student who authentically reaches for that kind of wellness the ancient Greeks referred to as eudaemonia.
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II: Home
A successful holistic education will manifest the sense of home, in both the individual and communal sense, for the student who authentically reaches for that which the ancient Greeks called oikos.
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III: Heritage
A successful holistic education will manifest as a cultural heritage in art, blood, and soul for the student who authentically reaches for the fulfillment of potential that ancient Greeks named arete.