
“Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.”
Proverbs 14:26

ABOUT THE ORDER OF THE CITADEL
The Order is a social and recreational club for Catholic men dedicated to building and preserving Catholic community.
It is the objective of the Order to develop virtuous masculinity among its members through the preservation of knowledge relating to the Catholic Faith, the development of homesteading skills, and the promotion of sportsmanship.
THREE PILLARS OF THE ORDER
KNOWLEDGE PRESERVATION

Through the establishment of a private library and the building up of men’s personal libraries, the Order seeks to acquire and preserve physical, high-quality copies of the books safeguarding knowledge of the Catholic Church (Bibles, Catechisms, Writings of the Saints, etc.) and the literary canon of Western Civilization (Fiction/Non-fiction).
HOMESTEAD COLLABORATION

In order to reduce members’ exposure to and reliance on tenuous supply chains and capricious institutions, the Order seeks to own and develop land for the purposes of communal homesteading, small-scale farming, livestock husbandry, artisanry, and other goods-based endeavors as befitting a localized, monastic economy.
FRATERNITY IN SPORTSMANSHIP

Recognizing the need to foster virtuous masculinity, the Order seeks to provide the infrastructure and opportunity for its members to be trained and physically engaged in feats of sportsmanship, broadly construed: Self-defense, weight-lifting, athletic tournaments, and all manner of competitively edifying events.
AM I ELIGIBLE TO JOIN?
The Order draws inspiration from chivalrous knights and pious religious men throughout the two-thousand-year history of the Catholic Church.
Any Catholic man at least 18 years in age and in good standing within the Catholic Church may be admitted to membership of this Order in accordance with the By-Laws of the Order. An adult man is in good standing with the Catholic Church when, having been baptized and confirmed, he upholds the Precepts of the Church.

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The Order of the Citadel is an Ohio not-for-profit corporation.