A TIME OF CELEBRATIONS To commemorate the 150th anniversary of G. K. Chesterton’s birth, the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture is pleased to announce the launch of its new webpage celebrating its 50th anniversary. In our anniversary webpage you will find information about the work of the Institute and archival and historical materials as well as many photographs.…
Read moreTODAY, MAY 20, 2024, MARKS THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF G.K. CHESTERTON’S BIRTH To commemorate the 150th anniversary of G.K. Chesterton’s birth, the Chesterton Institute is pleased to launch its new website on May 29, 2024 celebrating its 50th anniversary. To celebrate the launch Mrs. Gloria Garafulich-Grabois, director of the G.K. Chesterton Institute interviewed Dr. Dermot Quinn, editor of The Chesterton…
Read more2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and its journal, The Chesterton Review “The effect of the work of the Institute is cumulative; it builds on the past, and we think in terms of the future. Our work is immensely relevant for today and tomorrow.” —Father Ian Boyd, Founder and President Emeritus …
Read more…the artist is a person who communicates something…the moment of creation is the moment of communication. It is when the work has passed from mind to mind that it becomes a work of art. — G.K. Chesterton The Department of Catholic Studies proudly presents the Ninth Annual Monsignor James Cafone Memorial Lecture: “Caravaggio: A Radical Approach to the Truth” by artist David Lopez Ribes,…
Read moreThe G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture is pleased to share “The Donkey,” a Palm Sunday poem by G.K. Chesterton: THE DONKEY by G. K. Chesterton When fishes flew and forest walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears…
Read moreThe G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture at Seton Hall University presented an online conference on the theme of “Christopher Dawson and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.” A conversation with Joseph Stuart, David Bonagura and Dermot Quinn. Moderated by Mrs. Gloria Garafulich-Grabois, director of G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture. The event was streamed online via Teams on Thursday, February…
Read moreOn February 13, 2024, Campus Ministry and the Priest Community at Seton Hall University celebrated a Memorial Mass for Father Ian Boyd, R.I.P. Msgr. Richard Liddy, former director of the Center for Catholic Studies celebrated the Mass which was attended by priests of the university’s Priest Community, students and members of the university. We invite you to view the Mass…
Read moreIn Memoriam: Father Joseph Ian Boyd, C.S.B. – Requiescat in Pace January 23, 1935 – January 10, 2024 The G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and The Chesterton Review mourns the death of our Founder Father Ian Boyd. Father Ian Boyd, a priest of the Congregation of Saint Basil and an internationally recognized Chesterton scholar, died in Edmonton,…
Read moreIt is with great pleasure that we share with you news about our 2023 events and programs, and the new issue of The Chesterton Review. To read the 2023 newsletter, please click here As we now prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of both the Institute and the Review in 2024, we hope that you will consider supporting the Chesterton…
Read moreThe G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture wishes you a blessed Christmas and best wishes for the New Year! THE WISE MEN G. K. Chesterton Go humbly…it has hailed and snowed… With voices low and lanterns lit; So very simple is the road, That we may stray from it. The world grows terrible and…
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