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Local Chesterton Societies
Get involved with a group of Chestertonians in your area. If there isn't a group, then it's time to start a local Chesterton Society.
7:00 PM - Last Tuesday of each month
The University Club - 420 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota
This ridiculous group of people meets monthly to read from
Chesterton, discuss Chesterton's writing and his ideas, and insult one another. New faces, with or without strong opinions to express,
are always entirely welcome.
E-mail:
info@chesterton.org
for information or to get on the meeting notification mailing list,
or call Acting Czar Dale Ahlquist at 952-831-3096 for information.
The Quad Cities Chesterton Society
1st Tuesdays of each month, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Trinity Anglican Church
1818 - 6th Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201
Church office: 309-788-1641
Contact: Jerry or Donna Schroeder, 309-764-8657
(Call in advance to confirm meeting date, time, & location)
The South Carolina Upstate Chesterton Society
Meets sometime during the 3rd week of each month
(we can't seem to make up our minds yet) . But in case you want
to know when and where we are meeting next, phone
Steve Miller at 864-585-8259 or e-mail steve.miller@milliken.com.
GK Chesterton Society of Warren, Ohio
Established 2005
Meets one Sunday per month September through May
(call for specific dates)
6 p.m Panera Community Room, Elm Road, Warren
Contact Ellen Finan 330-638-4393 or efinan@neo.rr.com
The Middle Tennessee Chesterton Society
The Chesterton Society of Middle Tennessee now meets
from 6:30-8:30 OM on Thursday evenings at "The Way"
Coffee Shoppe at 1st and Walnut by the railroad track
in Cookeville, TN.
Our blog is: http://middletnchesterton.blogspot.com/
The Dallas-Fort Worth
Chesterton Society
This thoughtful group of earnest Chestertonians
invite anyone who is interested in reading and learning about G. K.
Chesterton to join us for
lively discussions of the writings of Chesterton and other related
thinkers. We meet one Saturday each month at 7pm (as we are still a
small group, our dates are flexible, so it is best to call or email to
find out exactly when the next meeting will occur). Likewise, we meet
in the home of Tom Ridenour (founding member) which lends an air of
Chestertonian comfort and conviviality to our discussions - we are
determined to keep in mind Chesterton's remark about beer and
burgundy!
For information contact: Tom Ridenour
wthomasridenour@sbcglobal.net
972-572-8910
or Carl Hasler chasler@ccccd.edu
972 - 881- 5753
Meeting Location: 611 Royal Oak Drive, Duncanville,
Texas 75116
We will
have our first meeting Wednesday June 7th at 6:00 in the café in Borders Book
Store at 4995 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89502. If you require
directions please go to http://www.mapquest.com/ You can get maps and driving
directions from this site. This time and location may not work for all of
you, but this will not be our permanent meeting place or time but we will
discuss more permanent accommodations at this meeting. For those of you that
can't make it please send an email with your suggestion for locations
and times. After we set a permanent time and location we will generally meet
there at the same time once a month.
In addition to our monthly meetings we have also created a Nevada Chesterton
Society blog where you will see this letter and may post comments. The blog
is located at:
http://nvchesterton.blogspot.com/
I encourage you to read the selections and post comments on them very
liberally as it will make our actual meeting all the more fruitful.
A word on how discussion should be conducted: It should be empathetic, candid
and generous. As Dale says "Attack ideas, not people." or as
Chesterton says "Never allow a quarrel to interrupt a good
argument"
We are sure the Nevada Chesterton Society will become a grace to its members
and an acclaimed fixture in Nevada.
For more information contact:
Jim Carrico
jamescarric@gmail.com
775-223-8958
The Chesterton Society of Boston
Now meeting regularly at :
The Upper Room at St.Clement's Eucharistic Shrine
1105 Boylston St., Boston, MA
for more information E-mail:
7:00 to 9:00 PM - Third Monday of each month
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH
(in the Garden Room)
2375 East Arizona Avenue
Denver CO 80210-1924
Full directions are given on their web site:
denver-chesterton-society.org
Everyone is welcome to join the Denver Chestertonians. Be willing to have some fun discovering and discussing Chesterton.
E-mail Sue Scofield at:
sue@smsglobal.com
for information,
or call Sue Scofield at 720-482-9594.
The St. Louis Chesterton Society
Exciting things are happening in St. Louis. Some big Chesterton events are planned for this fall. To get the latest news, please visit our page at:
http://chestertonstl.wordpress.com/
If you have any questions, please e-mail The St. Louis Chesterton Society or call Scott Wilson at 314-832-0722.
The Washington D.C. society is meeting in Cascades at the Famous Daves Restaurant the 1st Saturday of each month from 3-5 pm.
contact: John Forbes
The Houston Chapter of the G.K. Chesterton Institute.
The University of St. Thomas/Houston Chesterton Society meets the last Friday of every month at 7:30pm at the Hughes House on the St. Thomas campus. Discussions are led by Fr. Daniel Callam.
Led by Patricia Miller, who has been described as "a wonder," the NYC Chesterton Society has in the past year discussed Heretics, Orthodoxy, and Chesterton's play, Magic. On September 10, they began discussing The Man Who Was Thursday, which just happens to be about defending civilization against bomb-throwing anarchists on a mission of death. Chesterton, as usual, is right in the center of things.
E-mail Patricia Miller at:
guenhumara@aol.com
The Rochester (N.Y.) Chesterton Society
This lively bunch meets the third Thursday of the month, September-December, and March-June. "Among our goals are lively discussion, good fellowship, and a deeper appreciation of the work of GKC." The Rochester Chesterton Society is hosting a conference on Chesterton and Shakespeare, April 22, 2006. Guest speakers include Joseph Pearce and Dale Ahlquist. For more information about the conference or about our meetings, contact Lou Horvath. E-Mail Lou Horvath at:
rochesterton@hotmail.com
The New Haven Chesterton Society
This new group meets the third Monday of the month in a private home in New Haven, CT. Come and discover Chesterton right in the shadow of Yale. For more information, contact Martijn Cremers. E-Mail Martijn Cremers:
martijn.cremers@yale.edu
The Chicago Area Chesterton Society
This group has been around forever. Since before there was e-mail. They meet at 2 pm on the second Saturday of each month at the Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 West Madison Ave., Forest Park, Illinois. For information call Frank and Ann Petta at 847-742-8446.
Meeting the Last Saturday of each month
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
(at the corner of Park and Langdon)
Madison, Wisconsin
We meet in the Paul Bunyan Room near the Rathskeller, if it is available, but check the "Today inthe Union" scheduling board to be sure. To join our meeting notification list, to learn which book we are reading this month, or for any other information, please email Anders Hendrickson or call him at 608-283-6371
Meeting each month at the Holy Spirit Prepatory School, 4449 Northside Drive NW, an amazing collection of people discussing an amazing collection of books.
For more information, please email Trevor Berger at chesterton_atl@bellsouth.net
The Santa Barbara Chesterton Society
The Santa Barbara G.K. Chesterton Book Group continues to pursue its modest goal of reading great literature and contemplating the human condition.
The group meets at : 2949 Calle Noguera, Santa Barbara.
Email Rich Dixon for more details: dixon@westmont.edu
The Southern California Chesterton Society
The members of the Southen California GK Chesterton Society (SCGKCS) are now dispersed throughout the country. (Dayton, OH, Wenham, MA, etc.) However, we are still operating as a research group under that title. Our research is currently focused on GK's trip to the west coast. We are deeply interested in any information regarding GK's trip to the west coast or in helping support meetings in the Southern California area. Please contact Brian Glenney at brianglenney@yahoo.com with information or questions.
The Omaha Chesterton Society meets the second Mondays of even-numbered months. (Let's see, that would be February, April, June, August, October, and December). For information about meeting locations and topics, contact
Tom Jensen ( omahachesterton@yahoo.com)
The Arizona Friends of Chesterton Society
The Arizona Friends of Chesterton Society will be meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at 7PM at a private home. Anyone interested in topics or directions may e-mail for information to
Neva M. Hernandez
[azchesterton@yahoo.com]
The Nashville Chesterton Society
For information contact Carson Walden during the day: (615) 399-0601 or at night: (615) 847-5868.
The Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society sponsors lectures and discussion aimed at facilitating a Catholic perspective on issues of interest to current students. For more information, E-Mail Kirk Kanzelberger at:
info@seattlechesterton.org
The Everett (Washington) Chesterton Society
The Everett Chesterton Society meets the 4th Saturday of the Month, at St. Mary's Hall, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 25th and Hoyt, in Everett. A potluck dinner will be served and babysitting will be available.
For information contact Trish Schaut: (425) 258-5988, or E-Mail Trish Schaut at:
High Park Chesterton Society (Toronto)
Based in the west end of Toronto, Canada, the High Park Chesterton Society meets the first Sunday of every month (the second Sunday in the event of a long holiday weekend). We begin with drinks and snacks at 7:00, and move on to our meeting at 8:00 (or so). We cover everything Chesterton wrote, from "Fr. Brown," to "Orthodoxy" to "The Ballad of the White Horse," through presentations, oral readings, and, just once, a debate between puppets. The group is informal, friendly and lively. We generally meet at the same house, but sometimes switch venues, so please contact us for details for the current month.
E-Mail:
The Other "ACS" !! Originally formed in Western Australia, it has now conquered the entire continent downunder. A national conference is coming up in May. For more information, e-Mail
Tony Evans
President of the Australian Chesterton Society
The Iowa City Chesterton Society
Meeting the second Wednesday of the month at the Newman Center at the University of Iowa.
For more information, please contact: Roberta Linnenkamp roberta@avalon.net
The Madison Chesterton Society
Meeting the Second Saturday of each month
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
(at the corner of Park and Langdon)
Madison, Wisconsin
We usually meet in the Paul Bunyan Room near the Rathskeller. To
join our meeting notification list, to learn which book we are
reading this month, or for any other information, please email
Anders Hendrickson or
call him at 608-232-0581.
The Cleveland Chesterton Club
All meetings TBA
Contact: gkcleveland@gmail.com
Or call (216) 368-2692
We had our first meeting in December, 2007, at the
Graselli Library at John Carroll University,
where we viewed the Chesterton Collection.
Here are photos and a report:
https://filer.case.edu/mdl18/GKC/
Who would dare call themselves just the Chesterton Society? Well, The Chesterton Society. And they are entitled. They have the advantage of both seniority and location. They were founded in 1974, on the centenary of Chesterton's birth, and they are located in England. In addition to their semi-regular meetings, they publish the excellent GK Chesterton Quarterly, host an annual lecture in England, and they sell a great GKC t-shirt.
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