August 14, 2015 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society
At our July meeting the decision was made by popular vote to read the last two chapters of The Club of Queer Trades (Chapters 5 and 6), rather than abrupt our group enjoyment of this delightful book to pursue something else for our August meeting.
We will begin Heretics in September. Unless redirected by popular demand, I will not be conducting a group buy for Heretics. You may want to work out where you will find a copy and start reading before the September meeting. It is available to view on Martin Ward's "Chesterton's Works on the Web" webpage, in your choice of English, Croatian, or Macedonian translations! It is also available in downloadable formats on the Project Gutenberg website. It is also available in hardcopy on the ACS website. (ACS members save 20%)
I do wish to mention that there will be discussion of Laudato Si at some point in the coming year. This will most likely be in the context of exploring Distributism (aka., The Third Way), an authentically christian/catholic, and poorly understood economic system proposed and endorsed by Chesterton and his good friend Hilare Belloc. Without examining and considering Distributism, one cannot be said to have an accurate understanding of Chesterton, so examine and consider we will! Stay tuned for more details.
Meanwhile, for August I have hard copies of the The Club of Queer Trades book for those of you who requested and paid for them. The book is also available to view or print on the internet. Please email me if you need help finding the link.
Please consider praying for those traveling this week to the annual Chesterton Conference in San Antonio. I will bring a report of the conference to the August meeting.
As usual, the meeting will be held in the Village of Middle Lancaster, at the Lancaster Township Community Center located on Kings Alley and Community Center Drive, in Butler County PA. Kings Ally is a right turn off of Rt. 19N, approx. 4.5 miles north of Zelienople, just past the Zion Lutheran Church. (The Community Center is a former one room school house, adjacent to the ball fields at Bauder Park.) The doors will open at 7:00pm for pot luck refreshments, with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting will wrap up around 9:30pm.
Please consider bringing something for the refreshment table. I am looking forward to seeing all of you...
Any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com
