Programs and Events
2024 Programme
- Fall 2023 Spanish Mass
Monthly Spanish Mass
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/seton-hall-monthly-spanish-mass-schedule-2024-2025.html - June 30
Publication of volume 50 nos. 1 & 3 of The Chesterton Review
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/new-issue-of-the-chesterton-review-spring-summer-2024.html - May 29
Podcast” “Chesterton at 150!”
Audio Recording: https://youtu.be/p1UcOkTFJNE - May 29
Launch of 50th anniversary website
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/50th-anniversary-of-the-g-k-chesterton-institute.html
Link to anniversary website: https://www.shu.edu/chesterton/anniversary.html - May 22 & 23
Annual Faculty Summer Seminar: “Gracious Catastrophes: Contemporary Representations of Mystery and Mercy in the Catholic Literary Imagination”
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-center/news/faculty-summer-seminar-explores-gracious-catastrophes.html - April 10, 2024
Lecture: “Caravaggio: A Radical Approach to the Truth”
Speakers: David Lopez Ribes; Introduction: Msgr. Robert Coleman
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-department/news/a-radical-approach-to-the-truth.html
Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI_b4ylrc4k - March 13
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - March 9
1-day Seton Hall Values Summit: “Faith & Work”
Co-sponsored with the Center for Catholic Studies and Renew International
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-center/news/seton-values-summit-explores-faith-and-work-balance.html - February 22
“Christopher Dawson and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition”
Speakers: Joseph Bonagura, Dermot Quinn, Joseph Stuart
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/50th-anniversary-of-the-g-k-chesterton-institute.html
Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_d8HHrxWo - February 21
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - January 22
“Monthly Spanish Mass” - Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry
2023 Programme
- December 6
“Monthly Spanish Mass"
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - November 8
In person screening of “Liberi Tutti”- a movie based on G. K. Chesterton’s play ‘The Surprise.’ Directed by Otello Cenci. Introduction: Otello Cenci. Opening Remarks: Dr. Dermot Quinn
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/screening-of-liberi-tutti.html - November 8
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - November 1
In-person event: Dramatic Reading Bruce Marshall’s book “Father Malachy’s Miracle”
Readers: The Celtic Theatre Company. Speakers: Dermot Quinn, James McGlone
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies and the Celtic Theatre Company
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-department/news/father-malachys-miracle-by-bruce-marshall.html
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhchbBMVl8 - October 4
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - Fall 2023
Monthly Spanish Mass
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/monthly-spanish-mass-at-seton-hall.html - June 21-27
International Online Screening of “Liberi Tutti!”
Presented by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the Rimini Meeting
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/news/screening-of-liberi-tutti.html - May 4
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - May 1
In person book presentation: “Seton Hall University—a history, 1856-2006”
Speakers: Author: Dermot Quinn, Ph.D. Remarks: President Joseph Nyre; Monsignor Robert Sheeran
Presented by Seton Hall University, the College of Arts and Sciences and the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/arts-sciences/seton-hall-university-a-history-book-launch-and-signing.html - April 20
In person lecture: “Challenges and Opportunities in Ecumenism: A Catholic Perspective”
Speaker: Bishop Brian Farrell
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-department/news/challenges-and-opportunities-in-ecumenism.html
Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkODw72wvn0 - April 19
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - April 12
In person lecture: “Bergoglio’s (Reading) List: --The Importance of Literature in Pope Francis’s Pastoral and Political Vision”
Speaker: Reverend Antonio Spadaro, S.J.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-department/news/pope-francis-and-literature.html
Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLlbvzy22Y - April 4
In-person event: Dramatic Reading Dorothy Sayers’s radio plays about the life of “Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ”
Readers: The Celtic Theatre Company. Speakers: Dermot Quinn, James McGlone
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies and the Celtic Theatre Company
News Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkODw72wvn0
Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkODw72wvn0 - March 30
In person lecture: “Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich: A Catholic Breathing with Two Lungs”
Speaker: Rev. Joseph Bertha, Ph.D.
Opening Remarks: Monsignor Robert Coleman
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies
News Story: https://www.shu.edu/catholic-studies-department/news/our-lord-and-saviour-jesus-christ.html
Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktQTCCQ4Im4 - March 1
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - February 1
“Monthly Spanish Mass”
Sponsored by the Chesterton Institute and Campus Ministry - January 17 – 19
In person stage production of “Liberi tutti!”
Centro Teatrale Brescia, Italy
Co-sponsored by the Rimini Meeting and the Department of Catholic Studies - January 25, 2023
An in-person event presented by the Department of Catholic Studies in collaboration with the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture "Caravaggio: A Radical Approach to the Truth", a lecture by David Lopez Ribes.
Read the news story. - Monthly Spanish Mass – Spring 2023
The Monthly Spanish Mass at Seton Hall University is sponsored by Campus Ministry and the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture. Spring 2023 dates: February 1, March 1, April 19, May 3 at 12:30 pm.
For more information, read the news story.
2022 Programme
- December 7, 2022
An online event: Premiere screening of "A Chestertonian Conversation with Father Ian Boyd"—a 27-minute documentary produced by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture.
Read the story and view the trailer.
View the video recording of the presentation. - November 2, 2022
An in-person event: A Life in Literature Series: a dramatic reading of "The Land".
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View the video recording. - October 26, 2022
An online conference on the theme of "Chesterton's Conversion: A Centenary Conversation."
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View the video recording. - Monthly Spanish Mass - Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
Read the story. - August 20, 2022
In person performance: “Liberi Tutti!”
2022 Rimini Meeting at Teatro Galli in Rimini, Italy
Read the story. - June 9, 2022
An online event: “Liberi Tutti!”—a new play based on Chesterton’s “The Surprise” comes to the 2022 Rimini Meeting with Otello Cenci.
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View the video recording. - March 31, 2022
An online event: “Follow the Science with G. K. Chesterton and Father Stanley L. Jaki”
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View the video recording. - March 30, 2022
An in-person event: “A Life in Literature Series: a dramatic reading of ‘The Devil’s Advocate’”
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View the video recording of the dramatic reading. - March 17, 2022
An in-person and online event: Book presentation “La amenaza de los peluqueros”
Madrid, Spain
View the video recording. - March 2, 2022
Online event: “The Global Chesterton Series: ‘Chesterton Upside Down—The Australian Experience”
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View the video recording. - Monthly Spanish Mass - Spring 2022
Read the story. - Publications: The Chesterton Review, vol. 48, 2022
The Chesterton Review, Spring Summer, vol. 48, nos. 1 & 2
Read the press release here
The Chesterton Review, Fall Winter, vol. 48 – Special Conversion Issue
Read the press release.
2021 Programme
- November 17, 2021
Dramatic Reading: in person event: "The Book of Job"
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Listen to Dr. James McGlone's reading and Dr. Dermot Quinn's commentary. - October 29, 2021
Online Conference: "Collecting Chesterton: A conversation with a Connoisseur"—Dr. Geir Hasnes
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View the video presentation. - September 25, 2021
Online conference: "Chesterton goes to the movies"
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View the video presentation. - July 25, 2021
Radio interview: "G. K. Chesterton, Stanley Jaki & Science"
Listen to the podcast. - March 24, 2021
Online book presentation: "La prensa se equivoca y otras obviedades"
Please note that this programme is in Spanish
View the video presentation. - March 10, 2021
Online conference: "Jaki, Science, and Chesterton"
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View the video presentation. - February 17, 2021
Online conference: "Dickens & Chesterton"
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View the video recording. - Monthly Spanish Mass - Fall 2021
Read the story.
2020 Programme
- November 11, 2020
Online Conference: Driving Without Destination -- A Distributist Journey
Read the story. - October 7, 2020
Online Conference: G.K. Chesterton and Freedom
View the conference recording.
Read the story. - February 2020
Spain Conference Series: Madrid & Pamplona - February 18, 2020
Madrid Conference: Dickens, Chesterton and the Art of Criticism - February 20, 2020
Pamplona Conference: The Orthodoxy of G. K. Chesterton - February 18, 2020
Madrid Special Event: Presentation of Vol. XIII of The Chesterton Review, Spanish Edition - Recent Publications
The Chesterton Review, Spring/Summer 2020
The Chesterton Review, Spanish edition, Vol. VIII
2019 Programme
- March 27, 2019
Dramatic Reading of Dorothy Sayers' "The Man Born to be King" - May 22, 2019
Chesterton Conference in Croatia: "Croatia in the Modern World" - Recent Publication
New Issue of Special The Chesterton Review
2018 Programme
- November 5, 2018
Dramatic Reading of G K Chesterton's Father Brown Story, "The Sing of the Broken Sword" - November 7, 2018
An Evening of Poetry with Micheal O'Siadhail - Recent Publication
New Special Agrarian Issue of The Chesterton Review - June 11, 2018
Shaw vs. Chesterton, a debate – at the Shaw Chicago Theater in Chicago - April 30, 2018
St. Therese of Lisieux and the Second World War, Seton Hall University, Fahy Hall Room 307. Presented by the G. K. Chesterton Institute and the Department of History. A lecture by Professor Vesna Drapac of the University of Adelaide. - April 10, 2018
Chesterton's Father Brown "The Invisible Man," a dramatic reading- at Seton Hall University's Theatre-in-the-Round
Speakers: Father Ian Boyd and Dr. Dermot Quinn
2017 Programme
- February 23-24, 2017
International Conference on the Detective Novel
@ Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain.
Speakers: Father Ian Boyd and Dr. Dermot Quinn - April 26, 2017
Writing for Catholic Media
@ Seton Hall University
Guest speaker: David Mills Presented by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the Catholic Studies Programme. - May 9-13, 2017
International Conference: Chesterton Conference Series in Chile —
in the cities of Santiago, Concepcion & Talca
Santiago: "Chesterton & Eugenics"
Concepcion & Talca: "The Parables of Father Brown"
Speakers: Father Ian Boyd and Dr. Dermot Quinn Presented by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture; Red Cultural (Santiago); Catholic University of the Immaculate Conception (Concepcion) and the University of Talca (Talca). - September 20, 2017
Lecture: How the Reformation Changed the World
@ Seton Hall University
Speaker: Dr. Carlos Eire Presented by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the J. A. Unanue Latino Institute at Seton Hall University. - October 9 – 13, 2017
Chesterton Conference Series in Poland —
in the cities of Warsaw & Krakow
Conferences: "Chesterton and the Advancement of Humanity"
Speakers: Father Ian Boyd and Dr. Dermot Quinn Presented by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture; Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (Warsaw); the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow (Krakow) and the Piotr Skarga Association (Krakow). - November 2, 2017
Lecture: G. K. Chesterton—A Prophetic Voice in the Public Square
@ Loyola University, Chicago
Speaker: Father Ian Boyd Presented by the Center for Catholic Studies, Loyola University - November 6, 2017
Catholic Life in Literature Series—a dramatic reading of G. K. Chesterton's "The Hammer of God"
@ Seton Hall University
With the participation of Father Ian Boyd and Dr. Dermot Quinn
Co-sponsored by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the Catholic Studies Programme.
2016 Programme
- February 23, 2016
Lecture: 80 years after his death – The Relevance of G. K. Chesterton: His thought & work
@ Seton Hall University
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd;
Co-sponsored with the Department of Catholic Studies - March 4, 2016
Lecture: An evening of G. K. Chesterton
Richmond, Virginia
--private event – - April 2, 2016
Conference: Chesterton's Canada—Landscape and Legend
@ St. Michael's College, Toronto
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd; Dermot Quinn; Conrad Black; David Novak
Co-sponsored with St. Michael's College—University of Toronto and the Archdioceses of Toronto - June 10, 2016
Conference: Chesterton & Eugenics—the challenge of our time Malta
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd; Dermot Quinn
Co-sponsored by the Life Network, Malta - June 26, 2016
Radio Interview: Chesterton on Eugenics Program: "The Kinship of Catholic and Jews"
Speaker: Fr. Ian Boyd
@ WSOU 89.5 FM - October 10, 2016
Conference: El Periodismo de G. K. Chesterton (Chesterton's Journalism)
@ Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
Speakers: Father Ian Boyd; Dermot Quinn - October 13, 2016
Conference: El distributismo de Chesterton (Chesterton's idea of Distributism)
@ Fundación Catalunya America, Barcelona, Spain
Co-sponsored Faculty of Philosophy of Ramon Llull University and Fundación Catalunya America
Speakers: Father Ian Boyd; Dermot Quinn
2015 Programme
- March 25, 2015
Lecture: The Lord's Jester – re-discovering St. Francis of Assisi through the eyes of G. K. Chesterton @ Crossroads Cultural Center, New York
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd; Dr. Dermot Quinn
Co-sponsored by Crossroads Cultural Center - May 8 – June 13, 2015
Theater Production: G. K. Chesterton's "The Surprise"
@ the Theater of the Church of Notre Dame, New York
In collaboration with The Storm Theater - May 9, 2015
Conference: A bishop dressed like a clown: What apologetic means in the Third Millenium
@ La Civilta Cattolica, Rome, Italy
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd; Dr. Dermot Quinn; Don Fabio Bartoli; Paolo Pegoraro; Fr. Antonio Spadaro & Annalisa Teggi
Co-sponsored with La Civilta Cattolica and BombaCarta - October 11, 2015
Conference: The Parables of Father Brown
@ International School, Rancagua, Chile
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn
Co-sponsored with Universidad Finis Terrae and Red Cultural - October 13, 2015
Conference: The Parables of Father Brown
@ St. Margaret's College, Vina del Mar, Chile
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn
Co-sponsored with Universidad Finis Terrae and Red Cultural - October 14, 2015
Conference: G. K. Chesterton: His thought is always relevant
@ Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn; Magdalena Merbilhaa, Ana Maria Maza, Gonzalo Larios
Co-sponsored with Universidad Finis Terrae and Red Cultural - November 16, 2015
Conference: Michael Novak on Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Francis on an Authentically Human Economy
@ Seton Hall University
Speaker: Michael Novak
Co-sponsored with the Immaculate Conception Seminary
2014 – 40th Anniversary Celebration Programs
Summer 2014 Program
- Exhibit: "Chesterton Exhibit
@ Walsh Library, Seton Hall University
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Chesterton Institute
Fall 2014 Programs
- September 18, 2014
Conference: "The G.K. Chesterton Institure: 'Tis Forty Years since and G.K. Chesterton's Importance in the World of Today
@ the Newman Centre of McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Speaker Fr. Ian Boyd, C.S.B.
Co-sponsored by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture, the Newman Centre at McGill University, Conversations Cultural Centre and Convivium. - October 13 & 16
Conference: Series in Poland: "Chesterton, Distributism & Poland"
October 13 - Warsaw: @ the University of Warsaw
Co-sponsored by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw. October 16 - Krakow @ the Historical Museum of Krakow
Co-sponsored by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the Piotr Skarga Association.
Spring 2014 Programs
- January 28, 2014
Lecture: "Chesterton's Economic Theory of Distributism"
@ Seton Hall University
Speaker: Fr. Ian Boyd, CSB
Sponsored by the Department of Catholic Studies - March 19
Lecture "Wholeness and Holiness in G.K. Chesterton"
@ the UK: CHesterston Society conference "G.K. Chesterton: Sanity & Sanctity," Beaconsfield, UK
Speaker: Dr Dermont Quinn
Conference organized by the UK Chesterton Society - March 29, 2014
Conference: G. K. Chesterton: Doctor of the Church
Speaker: Dr. Dermot Quinn
Beaconsfield, England - May 24, 2014
Conference: "A Christian Idea of Society: Economy and Politics in Chesterton and his friends"
@La Civita Cattolica, Rome, Italy
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd - "The Restoration of Freedom"
Dr. Dermont Quinn - "Chesterton and the Moral Economy"
Co-sponsored by the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture, La Civita Cattolica and BombaCarta - May 27, 2014
Conference: "Chesterton's Social and Economic Vision"
@ The University of Malta, Valletta, Malta
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd - "The Restoration of Freedom"
Dr. Dermont Quinn: - "Chesterton and the Moral Economy"
Co-sponsored by the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture, the University of Malta, The Farsons Foundation and the Strickland Foundation.
Fall 2013 Programs
- September 26, 2013
Conference: The Daily Chesterton: Chesterton @ the Daily News
New York City, NY - October 19, 2013
Conference: Newman and Chesterton
Paris, France - October 29, 2013
Lecture: The Holiness of Chesterton
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ - November 9, 2013
Conference: Chesterton: The Legendary Teacher
Salem, Oregon
Summer 2013 Programs
- August 18 - 24, 2013
Chesterton Exhibit at the 2013 Rimini Meeting
Rimini, Italy - August 19 - 20, 2013
Stage Production of "Manalive"
at the 2013 Rimini Meeting
Rimini, Italy
Spring 2013 Programs
- January 18-21, 2013
Exhibit: Chesterton and Freedom
@ Crossroads' New York Encounter
New York, NY - January 19, 2013
Conference: Chesterton and Freedom
@ Crossroads' New York Encounter
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, C.S.B. - January 25 & 26, 2013
Dramatic Readings: Saints& Sleuths VII
Paul Horgan's "To the Castle" (Jan.25)
G. K. Chesterton's "Club of Queer Trades" (Jan. 26)
@ Seton Hall University,
South Orange, NJ - February 1 & 2, 2013
Dramatic Readings: Saints& Sleuths VII
Hugh Whitemore's "The Best of Friends"
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman's "Loss and Gain"
@ Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ - March 11, 2013
Conference: Orthodoxy: Its relevance, 100 years later
@ Universidad de La Sabana
Bogotá, Colombia - March 14, 2013
Dramatic Reading and Round Table: Magic
Universidad Gabriela Mistral
Santiago, Chile - May 24 & 25, 2013
Symposium: 2012 C. S. Lewis Symposium
Aachen, Germany - May 31, 2013
Conference: Chesterton's Manalive
Rimini, Italy - June 1, 2013
Chesterton Day
Rome, Italy
Fall 2012 Programs
- October 26, 2012
Conference: Chesterton and the Challenge of Poland
@ The Historical Museum of Krakow
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn
Krakow, Poland - October 29, 2012
Conference: Chesterton and the Challenge of Poland
@ The Old University Library of the University of Warsaw
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn
Warsaw, Poland - November 17, 2012
Conference: Chesterton @ the Daily News
@ The Oxford & Cambridge Club
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn
London, England - November 19, 2012
Conference: The Catholic Literary Revival in England and France in the 20th century
@ Institute Catholique de Etudes Superieurs
Speakers: Fr. Ian Boyd, Dr. Dermot Quinn
La Roche Sur Yon, France
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Archived Conferences/Events
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