G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton Society brings students together with campfire night
Bethany Doudna Staff Writer Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Chesterton Society hosted a campfire social night, their initial kick-off event of the semester, Sunday evening on the lawn just outside of the J. C. Williams Center. The event drew a group of around 150 students, though many came and went throughout the duration of the event, […]
Fine Arts Column: The forgotten wit of Chesterton’s essays
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST “My forthcoming work in five volumes, ‘The Neglect of Cheese in European Literature,’ is a work of such unprecedented and laborious detail that it is doubtful whether I shall live to finish it.” Thus reads one of Catholic author G.K. Chesterton’s most memorable opening lines. Quite fittingly it appears in […]
Speaker explains upside-down worldview of great saint and great writer
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR A world-renowned G.K. Chesterton expert filled the Gentile Gallery with wit and wisdom when he spoke on the link between St. Francis and Chesterton on Monday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. In his talk entitled “The Advantages of Seeing the World Upside Down,” Dale Ahlquist, who holds an honorary doctorate from […]
Author unveils secrets of Frances Chesterton’s life
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The author of the first book about Frances Chesterton, wife of G.K. Chesterton, spoke in the Gentile Gallery to a small but enthusiastic crowd on March 22 at 5 p.m. about the legacy of an often-overlooked woman. In her talk, “The Woman Who Was Chesterton,” Nancy Brown, author of the book by […]
Chesterton Society: Sharing a forgotten treasure
JACOB WATSON LIBERAL COLUMNIST Last semester, Franciscan University of Steubenville students came together to create a society focused on making an impact on campus through the eloquent writings and ideas of G.K. Chesterton. Their main mission is to spread awareness and appreciation of his works on a campus familiar with many great English writers such […]
Expert expounds Chesterton’s philosophy of literary criticism
SARAH KADERBEK STAFF WRITER On Nov. 9, president of the American Chesterton Society and leading Chesterton scholar Dale Ahlquist delivered a lecture entitled “G.K. Chesterton: A Critic’s Critic” in the Gentile Gallery. Ahlquist shared with his invested audience five criteria of an ideal critic, and he argued that G.K. Chesterton met all of these requirements. […]
Professors create slap-stick cinema to bring Chesterton to life
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR “They had all these breakaway props, and this giant Braveheart sword, and I got to break things and tear them apart, and, you know, act like a lunatic. It was just really fun,” said John Walker, in reference to his G.K. Chesterton portrayal in an episode of EWTN’s “Saints vs. Scoundrels.” […]
University professor takes on role of Chesterton
CHARLES ADAMS STAFF WRITER Franciscan University’s very own Professor John H. Walker was recently asked to take on the “bigger than life” role of G. K. Chesterton in Eternal Word Television Network’s (EWTN) “Saints and Scoundrels” series. Walker, who serves as Assistant Professor of Theatre at the university, has been a film actor for 40 […]