February 22, 2025 | 6 PM |

The Palazzo Grande

Join us for what promises to be an exciting and encouraging evening as we hear what God is doing through this classical high school. Feel free to invite anyone who might be interested in supporting the Academy.

The Details

Check-in Begins: 5:45 pm

Bar Opens: 6:00 pm

Dinner: 6:30 pm

The Palazzo Grande, 54660 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI 48316
Complimentary parking available

Because seating is limited, reservations are required.

Save Your Seat

Adults only, please. An opportunity to financially support the Academy will be offered.

If you can’t make it, please consider making a donation to forward our mission.

Meet our Host Committee

David and Alejandra Miller

Founders of Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Eric and Carrie Backman

Financial Advisor, Backman Wealth Management

Clark and Susan Durant

Co-founder and former CEO, Cornerstone Schools

Dr. Thomas and Anne Graves

Family doctor and co-founder of HART, Evangelization Director, St Paul on the Lake

Elizabeth (Biz) and John Williamson

Sr. Vice President, American Community Developers, Inc.

Neal and Geneva Cole

Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Meet our speaker

Dr. 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 Editor and Publisher of Gilbert magazine.

He is the author of six books and editor of sixteen books, including the new annotated edition of The Everlasting Man. His hundreds of speeches and published articles have won him recognition as “probably the greatest living authority on the life and work of G.K. Chesterton.”

He is also the co-founder of Chesterton Academy, a top-rated Catholic classical high school in Minnesota, the flagship of the growing Chesterton Schools Network, which now includes over sixty schools in 24 states and three other countries.