Cultivating Human Excellence, Friendship, and Leadership with the Disciples

  • Learning and developing the virtues of leadership
  • “School of Rhetoric”
  • Great Books (Dante, Lewis, Dostoievskj, Shakespeare, Cervantes…)
  • Great Movies. Watching and learning to watch great cinema (Big Fish, Babette´s Feast, Shadowlands, A Man for All Seasons…)
  • Great Music: Attending concerts and developing your own talents (Haydn, The Messiah (Handel), Requiem, Mozart-Mahler)
  • Leading an apostolate according to your talents: Hikes, sports…

​A Path of Vocational Verification

  • Living with the Disciples in their House of Formation and following their same pace and rule of life.
  • Participation in the practices of the Disciples (discussions, celebrations, adoration, book forums, movies)
  • Helping in an office of the community (sacristy, kitchen, etc.) and participating in weekly chores
  • Organizing one international dinner every trimester (“Symposium”)
  • Participating in the practices of Kairos, spiritual exercises, pilgrimages

Growth in the Life of Piety (Devotion)

  • ​Growing in your friendship with Christ with a tailored and solid rule of life (daily Adoration, Holy Mass; Confession available at the house; Rosary…)
  • Embracing your faith with initiative and ownership, overcoming peer pressure
  • Deepening in your faith, learning how to teach it.
  • Great Spiritual readings: Three Rebel Monks, Set All Afire, Screwtape Letters…
  • Spiritual Fatherhood with a Disciple priest

Gaining a deep knowledge of Spanish and European Culture by visiting historical sites, cities, mountains, movies, arts and traditions.

  • Spanish as a Second Language through a complete “linguistic immersion”. The student will become bilingual by the end of the year. According to his knowledge of Spanish he will do a Intensive Spanish course, and courses on Liberal Arts – Philosophy.
  • Study of the European and Spanish Culture. Focus on famous Catholic figures such as Queen Isabel, the “Catholic Queen”; D. Juan de Austria…
  • Short Trips. Preparation of visits and discussion of fruits (“Eureka”): Madrid, Ávila, Toledo, Salamanca/Segovia, El Escorial, Sevilla/Córdoba
  • Great Pilgrimages and outdoors activities (Sep: Shrine of Our Lady; June/July: Way of St. James, Alps)
  • Great Trips (may change according to Covid-19 restrictions). Preparation and discussion of fruits: Fall: Vienna / Winter: Paris / Holy Week: Rome