August 16 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Soceity

Greetings WPA Friends of G.K Chesterton,

On August 16th, next Friday, we will gather at the Community Center in the Village of Middle Lancaster. I will give you a report of the recent Chesterton Conference in Kansas City, we will discuss the latest news about the cause for Chesterton's sainthood, and we will read and discuss two Fr. Brown mysteries; the first Fr. Brown story Chesterton published, and the official last Fr. Brown story. 

We will read The Blue Cross, and The Insoluble Problem.  

Both of these stories are available in a number of formats on the internet, and are printed in the Penguin Book edition titled The Complete Father Brown, and can be viewed/read on Martin Ward's website linked above.
  
In September we will begin our Autumnal reading of The Four Faultless Felons. This book can be purchased from the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and is available from a variety of internet sources, both new and used.

 *Please note: In appreciation to the municipality for allowing us to meet there free of charge, our group is running a little fund raiser to donate a baby-changing station to the Lancaster Township Community Center. There will be a small collections box at the meeting for any contributions you feel inclined to deposit there. Please consider participating in this "pro-life" expression of Chestertonian gratitude. I have gotten some generous contributions so far, and we are better than half way to the goal. (We need about $200.) I am hoping that we can collect enough to accomplish this by September. If you want to participate in this effort, please bring your contributions to the August meeting on the 16th.

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 7:00 pm for our usual potluck of refreshments, with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting will wrap up sometime around 9:30 pm.
If the weather next Friday should become extremely warm, I will pursue an alternative meeting place with air-conditioning. Check here and on Facebook for updates, or make sure I have your email if you want last minute updates coming to your inbox. 

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