September 12, 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings Friends of G.K.Chesterton,
After a summer that seemed to melt with out really getting hot, I hope that you will consider joining us on Thursday September 12, 2013 for our WPA Chesterton Society meeting. 

Now more than ever, it is time for understanding, appreciating and promoting the delightful wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton here in beautiful Western PA.

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. 

The four essays for discussion from the Defense of Sanity book are as follows:

#21 Cheese (pg. 103)     

#35 On Vulgarity (pg.183)       

#48 On the Instability of the State (pg. 246)

#60 Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron (pg. 330)

Please read as much of the readings as you can before the meeting, and consider bringing a contribution to the refreshment table.

By the way, there will be a virtual American Chesterton Society meeting at 8PM on the evening of September 2, 2013. You can click here to find more info and to follow the link to join the meeting. These webcast meetings, led by Dale Ahlquist, last about a half hour and are often interesting and informative. I encourage you to watch it  live when you can participate by posting questions or comments, or watch the recorded session on your computer at your convenience anytime later.

Also, mark your calendars for the Annual Rochester Chesterton Conference. This one day event will be held in Rochester NY at St. John Fisher College on Saturday September 21, 2013. I will share more information with you as soon as I get it.

Feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com if you have any questions about the readings or anything else.

Hope to see you on September 12th!