Men Forged in Fire Training
Training in Manhood
Grace builds on nature
Rooted in this truth, each Knight understands that he must become a man before he can become a good man, and he must become a good man before he can live heroic manhood. To lay the foundations of heroic manhood, each endures a series of physical trials and develops proficiency in basic manly skills.
Physical trials come in the form of regular physical exercise and endurance training - some solo, some with a partner. As an option, he may opt to participate in hosted group fitness training.
Skills training emphasizes outdoorsmanship, with quarterly camping weekends planned to help develop these outdoor skills.
Our Lady of Grace
Be firm.
Be virile.
Be a man.
And then ... be a saint.
-St. Jose-Maria Escriva
A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
- St. Dominic
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
- G.K. Chesterton