To preserve and protect the Spiritual and financial integrity
of authentic Catholic lay schools from compromise and failure.
In Ostia, the ancient port city of Rome, St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, experienced a shared vision of “That Which Is”, i.e., union with God, or beatitude.
As a member of the Ostia Society, you and your Ostia Chapter School “share a vision” of that which should be – a true Christian education of our youth in the True, the Good and the Beautiful, an education ordered toward the beatitude that Augustine and Monica saw, and now enjoy.
Ostia Society is made up of members who fully support the mission and character of an Ostia Chapter school and are actively engaged each year in the development of your school, and in helping that your school meets its annual fund needs as a result of prayer, personal giving, securing charitable gifts from others, and by introducing the school to potential benefactors.
Eligibility
Ostia Society members have fully supported and have conducted themselves in accord with the mission and character of the school. They have also worked to help the school reach its annual fund needs by either annually securing or donating a minimum of $10,000.00. And members have actively introduced the school to potential benefactors.
Powers
Society members have generally engaged in the work of raising funds for the school and will not have any governing responsibilities.
Meetings
There are no meetings you have to attend as a member of the Ostia Society.
Events
Ostia Society Members and their spouses will be invited to the schools annual Society Appreciation dinner or luncheon. Ostia Society members will be invited to the schools Commencement ceremonies, the Headmaster’s Day activities, annual golf tournaments, and other special school functions. Members and their intentions will also be remembered in the schools daily prayers and weekly masses. Members will receive a Papal Blessing for their family and usually one other gift annually, uniquely created for our Society.