This newsletter brings you a brief report about the work of the Chesterton Institute during 2011, and an overview of the continua- tion of our work, upcoming programmes and projects which are real- ity with the support of Seton Hall University and our supporters. The continuing development of the Institute's work in Europe and South America is certainly one of them. This year for the third consecutive year we will have conferences in France and Spain and in early November our sixth annual Latin American Series will be held in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. It has been an extraordinary year of conferences with hun- dreds of people attending the events including many young students—a new generation of Chestertonians. In August 2011 the Institute co-sponsored the opening show at the 2011 Rimini Meeting: “The Ballad of the White Horse” which was attended by over 3,000 people. This important event coincided with the publication of the first Italian edition of The Chesterton Review. As the interest in Chesterton continues to grow around the world so does our publi- cation The Chesterton Review is published in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and the newly released Italian edition. May I make a direct appeal for your financial support for this on-going work? Though we receive occasional grants for specific projects, our yearly budget still requires the help provided each year by readers of The Chesterton Review. The subscribers of our jour- nal form a fellowship, and for almost forty years, your donations—large and small—have enabled us to continue our work of bringing Chesterton's wisdom to a world which is more badly in need of it than it has ever been. Thank you, Ian Boyd, C.S.B. A Message from the President: Fr. Ian Boyd, C. S. B. The Work of the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture The G. K. Chesterton Institute, a not-for profit educational organization incorporated in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, is located at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. Its purpose is to promote the thought of G. K. Chesterton and his circle and more broadly, to explore the application of Chestertonian ideas in the contemporary world. The Institute’s work consists of conferences, lecture series, research and writing. The Chesterton Review, founded in 1974, has been widely praised both for its scholar- ship and for the quality of its writing. Edited by Father Ian Boyd, it includes a wide range of articles not only on Chesterton himself, but on the issues close to his heart in the work of other writers and in the modern world. It has devoted special issues to C. S. Lewis, George Bernanos, Hilaire Belloc, Maurice Baring, Christopher Dawson, Cardinal Manning, the Modernist Crisis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Fantasy Literature, and a Special Polish Issue. Fall / Winter 2011 The G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture @ Seton Hall University Did you know that... 2011 marks the 37th. year of unin- terrupted publica- tion of The Chesterton Review ? The Chesterton Review is now published in five- languages? English Spanish Portuguese French Italian The Institute is planning to hold a Chesterton Conference in Malta, Poland and Lithuania in 2012? In this issue: Message from the President 1 The Work of the Institute 1 The G. K Chesterton Institute’s 2011 Programmes 2 The G. K.Chesterton Institute’s 2011 & 2012 Upcoming Programmes 3 About our Supporters Photo Gallery of Events 4 4
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This newsletter brings you a brief report about the work of the Chesterton Institute during 2011, and an overview of the continua-tion of our work, upcoming programmes and projects which are real-ity with the support of Seton Hall University and our supporters.
The continuing development of the Institute's work in Europe and South America is certainly one of them. This year for the third consecutive year we will have conferences in France and Spain and in early November our sixth annual Latin American Series will be held in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. It has been an extraordinary year of conferences with hun-dreds of people attending the events including many young students—a new generation of Chestertonians. In August 2011 the Institute co-sponsored the opening show at the 2011 Rimini Meeting: “The Ballad of the White Horse” which was attended by over 3,000 people. This important event coincided with the publication of the first Italian edition of The Chesterton Review. As the interest in Chesterton continues to grow around the world so does our publi-cation The Chesterton Review is published in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and the newly released Italian edition.
May I make a direct appeal for your financial support for this on-going work? Though we receive occasional grants for specific projects, our yearly budget still requires the help provided each year by readers of The Chesterton Review. The subscribers of our jour-nal form a fellowship, and for almost forty years, your donations—large and small—have enabled us to continue our work of bringing Chesterton's wisdom to a world which is more badly in need of it than it has ever been.
Thank you,
Ian Boyd, C.S.B.
A Message from the President: Fr. Ian Boyd, C. S. B.
The Work of the
G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture
The G. K. Chesterton Institute, a not-for profit educational organization incorporated in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, is located at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. Its purpose is to promote the thought of G. K. Chesterton and his circle and more broadly, to explore the application of Chestertonian ideas in the contemporary world. The Institute’s work consists of conferences, lecture series, research and writing.
The Chesterton Review, founded in 1974, has been widely praised both for its scholar-ship and for the quality of its writing. Edited by Father Ian Boyd, it includes a wide range of articles not only on Chesterton himself, but on the issues close to his heart in the work of other writers and in the modern world. It has devoted special issues to C. S. Lewis, George Bernanos, Hilaire Belloc, Maurice Baring, Christopher Dawson, Cardinal Manning, the Modernist Crisis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Fantasy Literature, and a Special Polish Issue.
Fall / Winter 2011
The G. K. Chesterton Institute
for Faith & Culture @ Seton Hall University
Did you know that...
2011 marks the 37th. year of unin-terrupted publica-tion of The Chesterton Review ?
The Chesterton Review is now published in five-languages? English Spanish Portuguese French Italian
The Institute is planning to hold a Chesterton Conference in Malta, Poland and Lithuania in 2012?
In this issue:
Message from the
President 1
The Work of the
Institute 1
The G. K Chesterton
Institute’s 2011
Programmes
2
The G. K.Chesterton
Institute’s 2011 &
2012 Upcoming
Programmes
3
About our
Supporters
Photo Gallery of
Events
4
4
“...a unique
publication, extremely
relevant to the modern
world because of its
prophetic elements”
George Bull
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The Chesterton Review Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 1&2
Spring Summer 2011
G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture 2011 Programmes
Celebrating the Centenary of Father Brown
January 21, 22, 28 & 29 Programme Series: Saints & Sleuths V “Catholic Life in Literature” @ Seton Hall University
March 24 Lecture: Message of Hope & Faith Speaker: Mario Sepulveda, one of the 33 rescued Chilean miners co-sponsored with the Center for Catholic Studies, the Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute & Seton Hall’s Marketing Department
April 8 Lecture: Chesterton’s Fr. Brown: Moral and Social Parables co-sponsored with Crossroads Cultural Center @ the John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington D.C.
May 16-21 Conference Series: Italy Chesterton’s Fr. Brown: Moral and Social Parables Rome, San Miniato, Rimini and Segni, Italy
June 26-July 9 Summer Study Abroad: Oxford, UK The Foundations of Christianity: England co-sponsored with the Center for Catholic Studies @ St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford
July 2 Conference: Celebrating the Centenary of The Ballad of the White Horse — Oxford, England
August 7-21 Summer Study Abroad & World Youth Day: Spain The Foundations of Christianity: Spain co-sponsored with the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of Navarra, Pamplona & El Escorial, Madrid
August 22 The Ballad of the White Horse — a play 32nd. Rimini Meeting, Rimini, Italy
2011 Publications of The Chesterton Review
English Edition Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 1 & 2 , Spring Summer 2011— June 2011 Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 3 & 4, Fall Winter 2011 — December 2010
Italian Edition Vol. I, No. 1 —August 2011
Spanish Edition Vol. V, No. 1 — October 2010
French Edition Vol. II, No. 1 — October 2010
Portuguese Edition Vol. III, No. 1 — October 2011
If you would like more information about our programmes please contact: 973 275 2431 or by email: [email protected]
We also invite you to visit our website at: www.shu.edu/go/chesterton/ The Chesterton Review French—Vol. I
The Chesterton Review Spanish — Vol. IV
G. K. Chesterton Institute for
Faith & Culture 2011 Upcoming Programmes
Celebrating the Centenary of the Fr. Brown Stories on the theme of:
Fr. Brown: Moral & Social Parables of our time— a centenary appraisal
October 11 Conference: Chesterton & Fr Brown @ Espace Georges Bernanos, Paris, France
October 12-13-14 Conference Series in Barcelona, Spain Chesterton Chesterton & Fr. Brown October 12 @ Monasterio Sant Jeroni October 13 @ Faculty of Philosophy of Catalunya, Ramon Llull University October 14 @ Colegio Mayor Monterols, U. de Barcelona
October 26 & 27 Conference Series in Santiago, Chile Chesterton & Fr. Brown October 27 @ Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile October 28 @ Universidad de Los Andes
November 1 & 2 Conference Series in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 1: The Ballad of the White Horse @ the Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 2: Chesterton & Fr. Brown and Literary Contest @ Colegio San Pablo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 3 Conference: Chesterton and the Evangelization of Culture @ Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
2012 Upcoming Programmes
January 2012 Programme Series: Saints & Sleuths V I “Catholic Life in Literature” @ Seton Hall University
March 22 Lecture: Moral, Legal and Cultural Challenges of the Family: The Need for Economic & Cultural Revival Guest Speaker: Tim Goeglein @ Seton Hall University co- sponsored with the Immaculate Conception Seminar @ Seton Hall
Spring 2012 Lecture: Chesterton in Italy Speaker: Dr. Dermot Quinn co-sponsored with the Alberto Institute @ Seton Hall University
Conference: Chesterton as a Journalist Malta — co-sponsored with the University of Malta
Conference: Chesterton’s Manalive Rome, Italy — co-sponsored with La Civiltà Cattolica
Fall 2012 Conference dates will be determined for: England, Poland, Lithuania, France, Spain and Latin America
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G. K. Chesterton
“Head of Christ”
By Georges Rouault
The Chesterton Review Italian Edition Vol. I, No. 1
2011
Please remember
The Chesterton Review and the work of the
G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture in
your will. The Chesterton Institute needs your support, and a
Saints & Sleuth’s Programme @ Seton Hall University—January 2011
Hope & Faith Conference with Mario Sepulveda @ Seton Hall University—March 2011
Conference @ the John Paul II Cultural Center, WDC—April 2011
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Conference @ La Civilta Cattolica, Rome —May 2011
Conference on The Ballad of the White Horse, @ St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford, UK —August 2011
Study Abroad and World Youth Day, Spain —August 2011
Study Abroad in Oxford @ St. Benet’s Hall—July 2011
Support for the G. K. Chesterton Institute
for Faith & Culture and The Chesterton Review
We acknowledge and thank our major supporters and recent donors: Sean & Marjorie Flanagan, Rosetta & Samuel Giuliano, Ken & Irene Hickman, Fred Hill, John Gregory Odom, Lady Blanka Rosensteil, and many others whose support is greatly appreciated.
Donations from our supporters allowed the Institute to award scholarships to students to attend the Summer Study Abroad programmes in England, Australia and Spain in
2005, 2007 , 2009 and 2011.
To find out how you can support the Institute and its programs, please contact 973.275.2431 or by email: [email protected]
Play: The Ballad of the White Horse @ the 2011 Rimini Meeting, Italy — August 2011
