The Four Pillars of Classical Catholic Education 

I. Sacred Worship: Primacy is given to the daily celebration of the liturgical life of the Church, since the first education of the soul is conducted not by programmes, but by the Word of God and sacramental grace. The entire day and school year is therefore punctuated by prayer and of course the Holy Mass is the ‘most important class of the day’. It is celebrated according to the Ordinariate Form: the Venerable English Mass said ad orientem in sacral English. 

II. Sacred Wisdom: Our students are immersed in the excellence of the Catholic Classical Liberal Arts tradition which fosters the intellectual and moral virtues needed for serious study, for living a Christian life of discipleship, and for sharing the Catholic Faith. Academic rigour in the liberal arts is essential to the formation of rational, free, and virtuous persons, we therefore ensure a firm grounding in literature, grammar, science, and other core subjects. 

III. Sacred Music: Music is an integral part of the patrimony of English Christianity, and is therefore central to the curriculum of Holy House. It provides a point of integration for the other core subjects, but is more than that: our music programmes educate the very soul. 

IV. Sacred Art: Usually viewed by other schools as an ‘extra’ or an avenue of self expression, the visual arts are taken seriously at our school. The great treasury of our Catholic faith contained in our sacred arts and architecture can only be accessed through competent visual literacy skills. By learning to draw more carefully, we learn to see more carefully. This is a millennia-old truth forming a part of the education of gentlemen and ladies throughout Christendom and as far away as China. Accordingly, we ensure every student is visually literate and has an appreciation for the arts. That said, sacred art is taught in the Ordinariate not just from the standpoint of appreciation, but in the creation of it. Our programme centres on drawing and painting as important foundational skills. 

In the end, education through Holy House of Our Lady and Saint Benedict aspires to do what all good classical Catholic educational initiatives seek to accomplish: assist parents in the handing-on of the faith to their children towards sainthood, while equipping them for the adventure of life.