The Christianity and Culture Lecture series is an initiative of the Russell Kirk Center in partnership with Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In this speaker series, we will explore the vital underpinnings of Economy, Culture, Faith, Marriage, Family, and Politics. Alongside renowned speakers in their field of expertise, we will examine how Christianity is not only the cornerstone of our society and all its facets but also how it is a vital balm to healing and restoring our culture today.
About this event:
5:30-6:30 PM - Cocktail Social
6:30-7:30 PM - The Starry Pinnacle of the Commonplace: How to Restore the Normal to an Abnormal World Lecture and Q&A with Dale Ahlquist
About the speaker:
Our inaugural lecturer will be Dale Ahlquist, one of the most respected G.K. Chesterton scholars in the world. He is President of the American Chesterton Society, and publisher of its flagship publication, GILBERT. Dale is also the creator and host of the popular EWTN series "The Apostle of Common Sense", and he is the author of three books on Chesterton. He is a Senior Fellow of the Chesterton Library in London. 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 60 high schools in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Iraq, and Sierra Leone.