November 13,2015 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

November 13,2015 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians,

We will be meeting this Friday evening:

We will continue our discussion of G.K. Chesterton's early philosophical and theological work Heretics. At our October meeting, we had some spirited discussion about Chapter V, "Mr. H.G.Wells...", and we read aloud Chapter VI, "Christmas and the Aesthetes". 

For the meeting on Friday, November 13, we will read and discuss chapters VII and VIII ("Omar and the Sacred Vine" and "The Mildness of the Yellow Press") 

We will be taking a break from Heretics in December (see details below) and will resume it in the New Year.

Heretics is available to view on Martin Ward's "Chesterton's Works on the Web" webpage, and is available in downloadable formats on the Project Gutenberg website. If you prefer to listen to an audio file, this LibriVox link might be helpful. The book is also available in a Dover paper back hardcopy on the ACS website (ACS members save 20%) and it is available widely on the internet. 

Check your calendar to RSVP for our December meeting:

Our December meeting has traditionally been an evening of special anticipation of the Incarnation of Christ. We will meet at a local eating establishment to share a meal, and then return to the Community Center for a potluck of desserts and appropriate festivities. This year our December meeting will be on Friday, December 11. Please check your schedules and determine whether you will join us on that night. 
I will need to make group reservations as soon as possible, and need a preliminary head count. Please RSVP by email no later than Monday November 16 if you'll be joining the group for dinner on December 11. 

Once I know how many we will be, I will make the reservations for 5:30 or 5:45, so that we can get to the Community Center before 8:00PM for our desserts and festivities. Those not able to come for the dinner are still more than welcome to attend the meeting, but for now, please let me know whether you'll join us for dinner.  

As usual, for this Friday:

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