Altar
— Lex orandi, lex credendi —
The Mass at the center. The Rosary as Pope St. Pius V wielded it. The Catechism as the rule.
— Pro Deo · Pro Patria · Pro Bello —
One Catholic man.
One Sanctum.
Built by a convert. Built for the brotherhood. Built to last.
The Sanctum
1765 Sanctum is the meeting place of altar and rifle — where the Rosary, the rule of life, and the oath of allegiance stand as one. Named for the year the Sons of Liberty first rose against tyranny, the Sanctum is built for the Catholic man who knows the fight is worth the cost.
We hold fast to the Roman Catholic Church, to Her teaching without compromise, to the Holy Father in communion, and to the republic the Founders handed us in trust. Catholic first. American by inheritance. Warrior by calling.
Here you will find the forgotten saints who fought. The history the schools no longer teach. The Catechism applied to the questions a man actually faces. The spiritual combat every generation must take up again.
Three Pillars
Arms
— Fortis et fidelis —
The discipline of the warrior. The watch kept over wife, children, parish, and country.
Allegiance
— Semper sub Deo —
The republic the Founders handed us. The veteran's oath, kept in season and out.
The Founder
Will Hawn is a Catholic convert (Easter 2025), Sir Knight in the 4th Degree of the Knights of Columbus, and a U.S. Army combat veteran. He served as a UH-60 Blackhawk crew chief and Enlisted Flight Instructor across two tours in Iraq (2005–2006, 2008–2009) — owning the aircraft, manning the guns, and training the company's new crew chiefs as the acting Standards Instructor and aerial gunnery instructor. Following active duty, he served three years in Afghanistan (2010–2013) as a DoD contractor.
Since 2013 he has led operations for companies in the civilian sector, while privately wrestling with the question Pontius Pilate posed and walked away from: Quid est veritas? — what is truth. The slow answer to that question, gathered over twelve years of reading, prayer, and the kind of seeking only a sinner who knows he is one will sustain, brought him into the Roman Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil of 2025. He works at being husband, father, son, friend, and neighbor as the daily ground of repentance — held up, as every sinner is, by mercy he did not earn.
He founded 1765 Sanctum Co. to sharpen Catholic men for the spiritual, cultural, and national fight — the union of altar, arms, and allegiance that he believes the Church has always asked of her sons.
- Catholic convert — entered the Church at the Easter Vigil, 2025
- Patron saint — St. Joseph the Worker (feast May 1)
- Husband and father — Evans, Georgia
- Sir Knight, 4th Degree — Knights of Columbus (the Patriotic Degree)
- UH-60 Blackhawk crew chief — U.S. Army, MOS 15T20 (Sergeant E-5); originally classified 67T before the 2004 Army aviation MOS realignment
- Enlisted Flight Instructor & acting Standards Instructor — trained the unit's crew chiefs and owned the standards program
- Two combat tours in Iraq — 2005–2006, 2008–2009 (twelve months each)
- Three years in Afghanistan — 2010–2013, DoD contractor
What to Expect
A new video every Tuesday at 7:00 AM Eastern on YouTube. The Sanctum Dispatch — one reflection, one discipline, one action — every Sunday at 7:00 AM Eastern, in your inbox. Long-form essays for the men who still read. The essential tools always free; deeper formation in the Brotherhood Pass.
No outrage-farming. No course to sell. No filler. The economics of this apostolate are the economics of a Catholic family business — direct, accountable, and lean.