The Saint Augustine Institute of Catholic Studies is the educational division of the Crusade of Saint Benedict Center. Its purpose is to provide a well-rounded and conveniently simple course of instruction in Catholic thought. The goal of the Institute is the formation of a large and ever growing body of well instructed lay apostles in the Church Militant who will become a mighty force for expelling the modernist heresy from within the Church, and for spreading the True Faith throughout the world. The course of instruction is basically the same as that which has been offered at Saint Benedict Center since 1942. Our teachers are the popes, the councils, the saints, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church and, most especially, Holy Scripture and Catholic Tradition. By learning from these unchangeable foundational sources, we continue to keep our eyes fixed on the narrow path to salvation, no matter how distorted and distracting the world around us becomes; no matter what is taught by self-proclaimed ?experts;? and no matter where wolves in sheep?s clothing attempt to lead the flocks. The course will have the aspect of continued adult education. Catholic men and women, in any ordinary occupation in life, can form a Circle of Study which could meet weekly for the purpose of increasing their knowledge of the Faith, and of things pertaining to it. In order to give the course form and purpose, every person enrolled will aim at obtaining a Diploma of General Catholic Education, by means of completing a program which we describe below, and with the help and guidance of the Saint Augustine Institute of Catholic Studies at Saint Benedict Center.