April 7, 2017 meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians,

Let's try this again!

Our next meeting will be on April 7th, one week earlier than our regular second Friday schedule, so as to not conflict with Good Friday. Since we had to cancel the March meeting, we will resume our discussion with the following chapters of the book What I Saw in America :

Fads and Public Opinion
The Extaordinary American
The Republic in Ruins
Is the Atlantic Narrowing?
Lincoln and Lost Causes

Congratulations to those of you who read these chapters for the March meeting... you now have all your preparation done! I do not expect that we will read all of these five chapters aloud as a group at the meeting. I will ask you to share the excerpts that you found most interesting. Please try 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 try to read through it before the meeting.

Our May meeting will be held on May 12. At that meeting we will conclude our discussion of What I Saw in America. 

On a special note: In order to observe the Christian tradition of fasting and alms-giving for the season of Lent, we will not have our customary refreshment table at the April 7th meetings. On the "refreshment table" there will be a collection can. In lieu of our usual contributions of food and beverages, we each will have an opportunity to make charitable contributions of alms designated for the American Chesterton Society. After the April meeting, I will consolidate the money, and send it to the ACS as a donation of alms from our Western Pa Chesterton Society. If you miss the meeting and would like to participate, you can make your donation directly to the American Chesterton Society on their website www.chesterton.org, or mail it to me and I will add it to the collections from the group. In doing this, our Western PA Chesterton Society will support the American Chesterton Society's mission to bring Christ to people around the world by introducing them to Chesterton. Imagine the good that would be accomplished if every local Chesterton society member were to give something, no matter how small a gift.


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 will open at 7:00pm , with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting will wrap up around 9:30pm.


Any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com