February 10th Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians and Friends,

We will gather on Friday, February 10, 2017 for our second installment of What I Saw in America.

What I Saw in America was originally published by Dodd, Mead, & Co. in 1922. It was later published as part of The Collected Works of G.K Chesterton, Vol.21 (Ignatius Press), and has been most recently (2014) published in a single volume by Aeterna Press (www.aeternapress.com , or here on their @%&zon storefront for $8.oo).

The book is available free on @%&zon for Kindle here. It also can be read online here.There is also a  free Librivox recording of the book available here, and various print or digital formats can be found here for as low as 99 cents.

I have linked a couple of brief overviews of the book, from Dale Ahlquist, and from Joseph Pearce .

*NEW UPDATE*
At the February meeting we will attempt to get through the 4 chapters listed below:

In the American Country (This gem was included in the readings for last month, but time didn't allow us to sufficiently glean from it, so I am placing it in the line up for a second chance.) 
The American Business Man
Presidents and Problems 
Prohibition in Fact and Fancy

I do not expect that we will read all of these four chapters aloud as a group at the meeting. I will ask you to share the excerpts that you found most interesting. That means that you'll contribute better, and get the most out of the conversation if you to read as much as you can before the meeting. If you find yourself short on time, then skim through, and find at least one chapter that peaks your interest and read through it before the meeting.

**In these winter months, we will keep our second Friday of each month schedule, weather permitting. Please check here on this blogspot page and/or our Facebook pages for last minute meeting information. If you wonder about the status of a meeting, please check your internet before leaving the house. I will try to make weather cancelations or venue change announcements no later than 5:00pm on meeting nights, and of course, use your best judgement in light of how the weather looks for travel from your location. **

As usual:

Our 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 open at 7:00 pm for a pot luck of refreshments, with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting will wrap up some time 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

The January 13, 2017 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

New Years Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians and Friends,

With our first gathering in the New Year just a couple of weeks away, now is the time to make sure you have a copy (or the links) for What I Saw in America.  

Since my November announcement of our plan to read this particular book, I have become aware that there are at least a few other local Chesterton Societies in the United States who are setting out on the same course. It confirms my hunch that what we all saw in America this past year has Chestertonians wondering what GKC said, when he saw "what he saw" on his year-long tour of our country in 1921.

What I Saw in America was originally published by Dodd, Mead, & Co. in 1922. It was later published as part of The Collected Works of G.K Chesterton, Vol.21 (Ignatius Press), and has been most recently (2014) published in a single volume by Aeterna Press (www.aeternapress.com , or here on their @%&zon storefront for $8.oo).

The book is available free on Amazon for Kindle here. It also can be read online here.There is also a  free Librivox recording of the book available here, and various print or digital formats can be found here for as low as 99 cents.

I have linked a couple of brief overviews of the book, from Dale Ahlquist, and from Joseph Pearce .

At the January meeting we will discuss the first 6 chapters. I do not expect that we will read all of the first six chapters as a group at the meeting. We will read one of the six chapters aloud, together, and simply discuss the other 5. Which particular chapter we read as a group will be selected by popular vote at the meeting. That means that you'll contribute better, and get the most out of the conversation if you to read as much as you can before the meeting. If you find yourself short on time, then skim through, and find at least one of the first six chapters that peaks your interest and read through it before the meeting.

**In these winter months, we will keep our second Friday of each month schedule, weather permitting. Please check here on this blogspot page and/or our Facebook pages for last minute meeting information. If you wonder about the status of a meeting, please check your internet before leaving the house. I will try to make weather cancelations or venue change announcements no later than 5:00pm on meeting nights, and of course, use your best judgement in light of how the weather looks for travel from your location. **

As usual:

Our 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 meeting will start 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