October Meeting

The next meeting of the St. Sebastian Chesterton Society will be Sunday, Oct 14 at 7:00 PM.  We'll be reading the first third--chapters 1 through 7--of The Ball and the Cross (we'll read the next third for the November meeting and we'll try to finish it at the December meeting).

September Meeting

The September meeting will be September 2 at 7:00 PM at the St. Sebastian rectory.  We will finish The Ballad of the White Horse.

Conference in Rochester

From fellow Chestertonian Ellen:

Dear Chesterton friends,

The annual day-long Chesterton conference in Rochester, NY will be on the last Saturday of September, September 29th.  Topic:  History We Don’t Know : Lepanto, King Arthur, the Real England, Fatima.

Dale Ahlquist and Joseph Pearce usually speak, among others.  Admission is usually $10.

I will send more information as I know it, but I thought you might want to mark your calendars and think about going.

Information from last year's conference can be found at the ACS page.

UPDATE Ellen has sent an update with an informational flyer.

August Meeting

The July meeting of the Society went well.  In appreciation of his leadership and thespian skills, an active member and a corresponding member of the Society gave Fr. V. that "CHE-sterton" t-shirt you can see in the picture to the right.  This may become our official uniform for all meetings.  ¡Viva la revolución chestertoniana!

The August meeting will take place July 29 at 7:00 PM.  We'll be discussing Books I-IV of The Ballad of the White Horse.

GKC on the Air

A story with a US Chestertonian was recently broadcast on Vatican Radio

Vatican Radio's Veronica Scarisbrick recently caught up with Father Ian Boyd of the Congregation of the Priests of Saint Basil, President of the G.K.Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture.
In this interview Father Boyd is asked in a special way to comment on Chesterton as a journalist, the ' rollicking journalist' this prolific author thought himself to be, as well as how his know- how of journalism might come across today in our media savvy world

July Meeting

The June meeting was a great success.  The group did a dramatic reading of "Magic", one of Chesteron's plays.  Fr. V. was the runaway favorite as the Duke.  We also welcomed a new member to the group.

The July meeting will be Sunday the first at 7:00 PM.  We'll be reading "Paganism..." and "What Is America?".

June Meeting

The May meeting was  a great success: in honor of the essays we read, apple pie, cigars and a fine liqueur were enjoyed by all. 

The next meeting will be June 10.  At the enthusiastic suggestion of a member, we will be reading Magic, one of Chesterton's plays (Note: this pdf is 55 pages long, but the play only runs to page 43).  Come prepared to do some dramatic reading!

May Meeting

The May meeting will be Sunday, May 20 at 7:00 PM at the rectory.  Mike picked a few essays to discuss:
On Condiments and Conduct
In Praise of Pie
These are links to a pdf with line numbers to help with the conversation.

April Meeting

The April meeting will be tomorrow, Sunday, April 15 at 7:00 in the rectory. Sorry for the late posting--thought it had been posted already.

Some Lyceum News

A few months ago, the St. Sebastian Chesterton Society ventured north to a Dale Alquist appearance sponsored by the Lyceum, a school founded on the age old principles of classical education. They recently sang at the Mass celebrated by His Excellency Richard Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland, before the rally in downtown Cleveland in support of religious liberty.

His Excellency's homily is first, and the last minute or so is of the Lyceum choir.