Monday, September 30, 2019

Round up the usual suspects

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For the 2019 Rochester Chesterton Conference - "whodunit?" - which focused on Chesterton and the detective story, they did indeed...
Saturday, August 04, 2018

Slugs might have an afinity for cheese

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

On the Road to Sainthood?

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A good read - http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/st.-gilbert-in-coming-weeks-the-fate-of-g.k.-chesterton-will-be-known
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Sunday, July 08, 2018

Aquinas Clerihew

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    St. Thomas Aquinas was noted for his reticence and shyness. But crack open a bottle and he’d expound at length on Aristotle.
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Touched By G.K. Chesterton? Here's How You Can Help His Canonization! | ChurchPOP

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Touched By G.K. Chesterton? Here's How You Can Help His Canonization! | ChurchPOP : There's still time to help! Pax et bonum
Saturday, January 06, 2018

Bishop Barron on Great Spiritual Classics (including Orthodoxy)

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Chesterton made the list! Pax et bonum
Monday, October 30, 2017

Just wondering ...

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Given the climate would Chesterton have declared, "White Chalk Matters"?
Saturday, September 23, 2017

Ajax clerihew

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Ajax was a stalwart warrior during attacks, but when it came to Achilles' armor he was completely undone when Odysseus won.
Thursday, August 17, 2017

A Bishop Explains Why You Should Read C.S. Lewis' Masterpiece "The Great Divorce" | ChurchPOP

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Advice from Bishop Barron - A Bishop Explains Why You Should Read C.S. Lewis' Masterpiece "The Great Divorce" | ChurchPOP ...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Moses Toeses Clerihew

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If Moses really supposes his toeses are roses, then I'd be inclined to think he's had too much to drink! (With a nod to Sin...
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Monday, July 10, 2017

Happy Birthday E. C. Bentley

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born July 10, 1875. A schoolmate of Chesterton, he created while still in school the humorous verse form tha...
Saturday, July 08, 2017

Chesterton sighting!

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In a recent opinion piece about sex, The War on Chastity , Russell Shaw cites G. K. Chesterton: G.K. Chesterton got a lot of things righ...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Chesterton before God ( a cinquain)

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  G. K. Chesterton stood before the throne of God telling a rollicking tale, and God laughed.
Friday, May 19, 2017

Chesterton Scholar, Fr. Leo Hetzler, Passes Away

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Father Leo Hetzler, C.S.B., a noted Chesterton scholar who helped launch the annual Rochester Chesterton Conference, died May 18, 2017, ...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Gilbert in transition; spat over

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I just got the latest Gilbert. In it, Dale Ahlquist announced some changes in the magazine, prompted in part by financial necessity, thou...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Chesterton, the poet

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Over at Social Matter , there was a brief look at Chesterton as a poet:  "Poets: G. K. Chesterton" Interesting read - praise fo...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Peter Maurin - Chesterton and Belloc did not have blinkers!

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  A Few Englishmen R. H. Tawney said that the Englishmen wear blinkers. Because they wear blinkers the Englishmen lack vision. B...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Peter Maurin - Christianity Untried (Chesterton)

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Chesterton says: “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.” Christia...
Friday, February 10, 2017

They taught us to believe in dragons

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"And  a few encounters with living legends didn't hurt: I studied at the University of Oxford, and the English syllabus stopped at...
Saturday, February 04, 2017

For all the snowflakes (clerihew)

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President Donald Trump blazes away as if still on the stump. Many a fragile snowflake finds the heat hard to take.