April 11, 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Easter Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians!

I have returned from Rome where my son and I went on a Lenten Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Chesterton with the American Chesterton Society. The experience excelled all expectations. More about this later... 

Much thanks to Mr. Harry Colin for taking the helm at our March meeting.

Our next meeting will be on this coming Thursday April 11, 2013. In addition to hearing some of the Chestertonian high points of the pilgrimage, including the Chestertonian connections of the newly appointed Pope Francis, we will continue discussing the essays compiled in the book In Defense of Sanity, edited by Dale Ahlquist, published by Ignatius Press in 2011.

The readings for April will include: 

#24 The Furrows (pg.115)-Originally published in Alarms and Discursions, 1910 

#25 The Meaning of Dreams (pg. 118)-Originally published in Lunacy and Letter, 1958

#41 A Plea for Prohibition (pg. 210)-Originally published in Sidelights, 1932

#44 Magic and the Fantasy of Fiction (pg. 225)-Originally published in Sidelights, 1932       

#58 About Beliefs  (pg. 316) Originally published in As I was Saying, 1936

All of the readings are included in the book In Defense of Sanity. They may also available to view/print on the internet at this link:
http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/index.html

Although there are 5 essays in the list for this month, most of them are not more than 4-5 pages long. In fact, if reading from In Defense of Sanity there are about 24 pages to read.

Please read the readings before the meeting, as this will greatly enhance our discussion.  On the other hand, please don't stay away from the meeting on account of not finishing the readings.

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. 

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

March 14, 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians!

Our next meeting will be on Thursday March 14, 2013. We will continue discussing the essays compiled in the book In Defense of Sanity , edited by Dale Ahlquist, published by Ignatius Press.

In light of the fact that I will be in Rome on a Lenten Pilgrimage with the American Chesterton Society on March 14, veteran group member and long time Chestertonian Harry Colin has graciously agreed to lead the discussion.

In keeping with the Lenten timing of the meeting the readings for March will include: 

"The Book of Job" (originally published in 1929 as an essay titled "The Introduction to the Book of Job")
"On Original Sin" (originally published in 1930 as a chapter in his book Come to Think of It ) 

To fill out the line up, Chesterton's essay "The Pickwick Papers" will be also included... Dickens being the master study of human nature that he is. This was originally published in 1911 as Chapter 3 of his book Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens.

All of the readings are included in the book In Defense of Sanity. They are also available to view/print on the internet at this link:
http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/index.html

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. 

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

February 14, 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

February 14, 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings WPA Chestertonians!

At our February meeting of 2013 we will continue discussing the book 
In Defense of Sanity , edited by Dale Ahlquist, published by Ignatius Press. 

The book is available online from the American Chesterton Society (http://www.chesterton.org/store/#!/~/product/id=7298739) 
and also at Amazon 
(http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Sanity-Best-Essays-Chesterton/dp/1586174894). 
It is also possible (I would call first) to find it at your "local" Barnes & Noble, or at the Gospa bookstore in Evans City. 

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. We will wrap up around 9:30pm. 

For the February meeting please read the following essays, selected with a Valentine's Day theme in mind. (The # refers to the Table of Contents in the Ignatius Press edition of the book  In Defense of Sanity ) 

               #5 Woman 

               #12 The Romantic in the Rain      

               #43 Marriage and the Modern Mind 

#47 On Man: The Heir of all Ages  

#49 The Romance of Childhood   

#50 The Surrender Upon Sex  

#52 Babies and Distributism    
Please 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 Thursday the 14th!

January 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

January 2013 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Happy New Year WPA Chestertonians!

At our first meeting of 2013 we will begin a discussion of the book 
In Defense of Sanity , edited by Dale Ahlquist, published by Ignatius Press. 

The book is available online from the American Chesterton Society (http://www.chesterton.org/store/#!/~/product/id=7298739) 
and also at Amazon 
(http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Sanity-Best-Essays-Chesterton/dp/1586174894). 
It is also possible (I would call first) to find it at your "local" Barnes & Noble, or at the Gospa bookstore in Evans City. 

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. We will wrap up around 9:30pm. 

For the January meeting please read:

The Forward, Preface and Introduction to the book 

On Certain Modern Writers

The Twelve Men

The Architect of Spears

Don't


Please feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com if you have any questions about the readings or anything else.
Also, please remember to bring $30 if you want to participate in the bulk subscription to the StAR journal for 2013 and haven't turned in your money yet. (If we are unable to make the minimum # of people needed for the subscription, I will be returning the checks or money to those of you who've already signed up.)

Hope to see you Thursday!

December 2012 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

December 2012 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Advent greetings WPA Chestertonians!

Our December meeting has traditionally been a time of celebration and reflection on a subject particularly near and dear to G.K Chesterton's heart.....Our Lord's Incarnation. 

This year, our Dec.13th meeting will be in keeping with our tradition. 

We will meet at the Community Center at 7:30PM for refreshments and readings of poetry, drama and song. Please plan to have had dinner before coming to the meeting.

The refreshments at the meeting will be a pot luck of fruits, cheeses and desserts, along with seasonally appropriate "festive beverages". We will each need to bring contributions to the refreshments and beverages. Paper products and coffee/teas will be provided. Please let me know by email no later than Dec. 9, what items you will plan to contribute. 

The poetry reading will consist of the Incarnationally themed poems that we will each bring along to share. Poetry by Chesterton (or others that are associated with him) is encouraged.

The drama reading will be of a Christmas play called "Sir Cleges" written by Frances Chesterton and recently published in the book How Far is it to Bethlehem: The Plays and Poetry of Francis Chesterton , edited by Nancy Carpentier Brown. There will be many parts to be read. Copies of the script will be provided, but if you have a copy of the book, please bring it along.

The musical side of our gathering will most likely consist of some carol singing as is indicated in the script to the play. We can venture into more singing if we wish. If any one has any lyrics pages or christmas carol books that might help us, please bring them along. We are possibly going to have an accompanist!

We will wrap up our festivities around 9:45. 

Hope to see you on Thursday December 13!

Vicki Darkey

P.S. 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.) Email me if you have any questions. wpachesterton@gmail.com

November 2012 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

November 2012 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings WPA Chestertonians!

Our November 8, 2012 meeting will be a discussion of the ninth and FINAL chapter of G.K Chesterton's masterpiece Orthodoxy, available to view online here. 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. We will also be organizing for our December 13th celebration. We will wrap up around 9:30pm. 

Email me if you have any questions. wpachesterton@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

October 2012 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

October 2012 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings WPA Chestertonians!

Our October 11, 2012 meeting will be a discussion of the eighth chapter of G.K Chesterton's masterpiece Orthodoxy, available to view online here. 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. We will wrap up around 9:30pm. 

Email me if you have any questions. wpachesterton@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!