Wednesday, September 07, 2022

The Ignatius "Lepanto"

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  In addition to the wonderful talks and getting to interact with fellow Chestertonians at the Rochester Chesterton Conference, one of the j...
Monday, September 05, 2022

Crisis Magazine: Book It

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  Crisis Magazine - "A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity" - has been featuring a series of articles about some of our favorit...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

The Patron Saint of Television!

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  There's a legend that St. Clare  appeared at the '36 World Fair. Some folks at the television display claimed they did see on the ...
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Monday, August 08, 2022

Chesterton on EWTN

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  EWTN rebroadcasts this wonderful show Monday mornings at 6:30. What a pleasant way to begin the week.  Though it is odd seeing Dale withou...
Friday, August 05, 2022

The 100th anniversary of Chesterton’s conversion—and its ripple effect

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  Dale's article printed in Catholic World Report -  Because GKC became Catholic, I became Catholic. And so have countless others. When...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

Jill Biden

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  Jill Biden went for a ride in a San Antonio cab and asked, "What's the best place to go to get a good breakfast taco?"
Monday, July 18, 2022

C.S. Lewis Quotations

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G.K. Chesterton is one of the most quotable figures of modern times. One of the men influenced by him, C.S. Lewis, is also eminently quoatbl...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Amos

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  The prophet Amos became justly famous not for his cookie baking skill, but for proclaiming God's will.
Thursday, June 16, 2022

What's Wrong with the World

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  Chesterton Is Right About What’s Wrong With the World BOOK PICK: New edition of 1910 classic packs relevance today. ‘What’s Wrong With the...
Thursday, June 02, 2022

A Gilbert/Chesterton Clerhew Book?

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I got the online edition of the May/June issue of Gilbert - the print edition has het to arrive - and discovered one of my clerihews is in ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Charles Williams in New Oxford Review

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In the most recent issue of New Oxford Review  (May 2022)there's a wonderful article about Charles Williams. Charles Williams in Letters...

Saint Matthias Clerihew

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The replacement Apostle Matthias was chosen by lot, not by bias. Alas, except for his selection. he's eluded all other historical detect...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Saint Austin Review and Chesterton

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  Anyone who frequents G.K. Chesterton event in the U.S. has encountered Joseph Pearce. He is frequently one of the featured speakers, and w...
Friday, April 29, 2022

Becoming Boethius: The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis

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Church Life Journal has a fascinating essay by Jason Baxter about C.S. Lewis as a medievalist. (And Chesterton gets mentioned!)  "Perh...
Monday, April 11, 2022

A Scottish Connection

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I n his autobiography, GKC explained that his mother came of “Scottish people, who were Keiths of  Aberdeen ” - hence his middle name. He no...
Friday, April 01, 2022

Be Alive As You Die

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“ A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. ”      - G. K. Chesterton We’ve had a small late March sno...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

A Reflection on Andy Rooney and Chesterton

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  I’ve been reading a collection of short essays by the late Andy Rooney. Anyone familiar with his short commentaries for years on 60 Minute...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

G.K. Chesterton Became Catholic 100 Years Ago, Drawn in by Jerusalem and Our Lady

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"On July 30, 1922, at the Railway Hotel, in Beaconsfield, England, G.K. Chesterton became a Catholic. In the absence of a local Catholi...
Monday, March 14, 2022

Tom Baker Clerihew

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As an actor, Tom Baker was more of a character than a heart-breaker. But I think his Doctor is worthy of a clerihew, even though at mention ...

Robert Burns Clerihew

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Robert Burns hid behind some ferns. He feared that he might be shot by the husband of an auld acquaintance he forgot.