New - AN INTRODUCTION TO G.K. CHESTERTON
Six-Weeks Weekly On-Line Presentations beginning June 7, 2022 ending July 12
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Join one of the world's leading experts on G.K. Chesterton for an overview of the colossal English writer and Catholic convert. In six scintillating on-line presentations, Dale Ahlquist will share the amazing insights and inspiring message from the poetic and prophetic pen of the great GKC.
1. An Introduction to the Introduction. June 7
2. The Two Main Things About GKC That You Need to Know June 14
3. The Two Main Books By GKC That You Need to Know June 21
4. Mystery, Or What Just Happened? June 28
5. Prophecy, Or What's Going to Happen? July 5
6. Why Did GKC Become a Catholic? July 12
Dale Ahlquist is President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, creator and host of the EWTN series “G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense,” and Publisher of Gilbert Magazine. He is the author of six books, and has edited eleven. He is a Senior Fellow of the Chesterton Library at London and has been called “probably the greatest living authority on the life and work of G.K. Chesterton.”
Dale has given more than 900 lectures at universities, conferences, and other institutions, including Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Notre Dame, Oxford, the Vatican Forum in Rome, and the House of Lords in London.
He is also the co-founder of Chesterton Academy, a top-rated Catholic classical high school in Hopkins, Minnesota, which is the flagship of the growing Chesterton Schools Network, which includes nearly 50 high schools in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Iraq, and Sierra Leone.
“Ahlquist on Chesterton is like Plato on Socrates, or Boswell on Johnson.” New Oxford Review.
New - Don Bosco Study Group at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish
666 Filbert Street, San Francisco
Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Contact: Frank Lavin | 415-796-2693 | franklavin@comcast.net
The study group will discuss “True Grit,” by Charles Portis. Or, the group will watch one of the two movie versions! In addition, it will continue to discuss excerpts from “Catching Fire,” a spiritual direction/guidebook written by Fr. Albert Haas. No prior reading is necessary to attend and join the faith-sharing discussion.
New - Mary's Retreat for Young Adult Women at St. Raymond Parish
Saturday, May 21, 2022, 10:00 am–9:00 pm
1100 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park
This free Catholic in-person retreat is for young adult women to rest and reconnect. Join us for inspiring speakers, small groups, confession, Mass, and time with Jesus in the sacraments. All faiths welcome. No cost. For more information and to RSVP, visit the link above.
New - Tolton: From Slave to Priest
Thursday, May 19, 2022, 7:00 pm
St. Raymond Church - School Gym, 1100 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park
A powerful live production based on the life of Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first African American Priest. This compelling true story of courage, forgiveness, and reconciliation resonates deeply modern American audiences. Bishop Joseph Perry of Chicago, postulator for Fr. Tolton’s canonization cause, is calling Tolton a production that will “inspire a new era of peace, hope and forgiveness in America.” Tickets are $15/person. Sign up at the link above.