Pre-registration is now closed but you can
still attend the conference and register at the door.

SCHEDULE

Thursday, August 6

4- 6 PM • ROOM CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION

6 PM • • DINNER

7:00 PM • WELCOME

7:15 PM • Dale Ahlquist:
The Danger of Trifling with Chesterton

8:30 PM • Geir Hasnes:
Learning to Fly

Friday, August 7

8:00 AM • BREAKFAST

9:00 AM • Robert Moore-Jumonville: Revolvers and Swordsticks: the Roots of Chesterton's Spiritual Theology

10:30 AM • Nathan Allen:
Chesterton on the Throne of Peter

NOON - LUNCH

1:00 PM • Membership Meeting of the American Chesterton Society

2:00 PM • Carl Hasler:
GKC and/or Education: Why We No Longer Use Chalk

3: 30 PM • Michael Perry:
Chesterton and War

6:00 PM • DINNER

7:00 PM • Kevin O’Brien:
Chesterton and Drama

8:30 PM • Sneak Preview of scenes from the upcoming movie, “Manalive”
Starring Mark Shea, Directed by Joey Odendahl

World Premiere of
“The Honour of Israel Gow”
A Father Brown Mystery
Starring Kevin O’Brien
Produced by EWTN
Followed by Q &A with members of the cast and crew

Saturday, August 8

8:00 AM • BREAKFAST

9:00 AM • Rod Bennett
: Chesterton and Frank Capra

10:30 AM • David Deavel:
Chesterton and Alfred Hitchcock

NOON - LUNCH

1:00 PM • Mark Shea:
Becoming Innocent

2:30 PM • Small Group Seminars and Discussions:
Tools and Techniques for Teaching Chesterton to Children (with Margaret Dornay)
Manalive – The Book and the Movie
Chesterton on War
Chesterton and the Economic Crisis

4:00 PM • Michael Ward:
Seven Days and Seven Heavens: Chesterton and C.S. Lewis

5:30 PM • Mass

7:00 PM • Banquet

8:00 PM • Traditions (Jokes, Toasts, Songs, Clerihews)

SPEAKERS:

Dale Ahlquist is the President of the American Chesterton Society.

Nathan Allen is the editor of the forthcoming annotated edition of Belloc’s The Four Men.

Rod Bennett is the author The Four Witnesses.

David Paul Deavel is a contributing editor to Gilbert Magazine and an associate editor of Logos.

Carl Hasler is a professor of philosophy at Collin College.

Geir Hasnes is G.K. Chesterton’s bibliographer and the greatest living Norwegian.

Robert Moore-Jumonville is a professor of religion at Spring Arbor University.

Kevin O’Brien is the Director of Theater of the Word Incorporated.

Michael Perry is the editor of Inklings Books.

Mark Shea is the author of several books, including a newly published trilogy Mary, Mother of the Son.

Michael Ward is the author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis.

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The cost at the door is $50.00 for the entire conference or $25.00 per day.

Meals are available for purchase at the university cafeteria during the conference.

The Saturday Evening Banquet must be purchased in advance before July 10.

A variety of housing options are available on campus. See Registration forms. Room reservations must be received by July 10.