“A Rule of Life, A Culture of Truth”
More than a university, St. Leo’s is a way of life.
Here in the Kingdom of Eyehasseen, learning is not confined to the classroom—it permeates everything: the rhythm of prayer, the beauty of shared meals, the hush of the cloister, the echo of a debated syllogism under starlight.
We believe that an education in truth must be embodied, communal, and ordered to contemplation. Our students live, study, and pray in a rhythm modeled on the Benedictine and Scholastic traditions, adapted to our noble and peculiar realm.
🏠 Residential Life
The Collegium Hall of St. Anselm
Our main student residence, a stone-clad haven nestled within the cloistered South Quadrangle.
- Shared dormitories (2–3 per room), with heavy oaken furniture and lamps for late-night reading of Cicero
- Communal prayer or quiet reading after Compline
- No electronics permitted after sunset (except for emergency scrolls or owl messages)
Each resident is entrusted with a simple Rule of Hospitality, Silence, and Cleanliness.
🍽️ Dining: St. Augustine Refectory
Meals are taken in community—three times daily, with silence during breakfast and select readings at dinner.
- Local bread, stew, and seasonal Eyehasseen produce
- Occasional feasts with roast game, pastries, and student-sung antiphons
- Sung grace in Latin before and after meals
- Coffee available only after Matins (except during Lent)
Special meals are held on feast days, liturgical solemnities, and Founding Day, when the kitchen serves custard tarts shaped like the university seal.
⛪ Spiritual Life
All students, regardless of program or rank, participate in the spiritual life of the university:
- Daily Mass (Extraordinary or Ordinary Form, depending on the weekday)
- Liturgy of the Hours chanted in English and Latin
- Weekly Lectio Divina in small groups
- Monthly All-Night Vigil of the Eyes in honor of St. Leo and the Apostolic Vision
Confessions are heard daily in the Chapel of the Divine Logos, and students may serve as acolytes, readers, or thurifers upon request.
🧠 Intellectual Culture
- The Forum – central academic building, home to seminar rooms and the Royal Philosophical Tribunal
- The Athenaeum Library of Eyehasseen – houses real and imaginary volumes; students may borrow scrolls, codices, or holographic editions of Cicero
- Student Colloquia – open debates every Friday evening in the Cloister Walk; topics range from “Does the soul sleep?” to “Is monarchy the best regime?”
🎭 Student Organizations & Rituals
- The Society of the Flaming Quill – writers’ guild that publishes The Logos Lantern, a quarterly of student essays, poetry, and disputations
- The Ordo Rhetoricus – student speakers’ circle known for formal declamations (and wildly popular mock trials)
- The Royal Ball of Philosophers – held every spring; formal attire, live lute music, dancing, and recitation of Aquinas
- Annual Lectio Festival – 24-hour marathon of Great Books readings under the stars, concluded by chanting the Te Deum
⚔️ Recreation & Wellness
- Martial Training Grounds: Classical fencing, archery, and chess (life-size pieces on the East Lawn)
- Pilgrimages: Each term includes an optional pilgrimage—past destinations include Mount Parnassus (metaphorical), the Shrine of the Imaginary Martyrs, and the Hermitage of the Wandering Scholar
- Afternoon Walks in the Grove of Reason encouraged (devices prohibited; Socratic dialogue expected)
👥 A Community for Life
Students form bonds that transcend their studies. Here, your classmates become lifelong companions in the pursuit of truth, whether you go on to teach, serve, write, or reign over a neighboring micronation.