Chesterton Academy of Milwaukee seeking sponsors for 2018 Chesterton Gala

Dear Friends of Chesterton Academy,

Our annual Chesterton Gala will be held on February 10, 2018 at the Wisconsin Club's Country Club. We are hoping to put together various Silent Auction baskets for the gala, and we need some donations for them. If you are out Christmas shopping and come across an item that would fit into one of these themes, and it is on sale/good price, please consider purchasing the item for donation. We will then package the items together for a nice silent auction basket. The holiday season is coming soon, and you may receive items that you can donate to the baskets, so please keep this in mind as well. Items can be big or small; many should not be expensive. 

Christopher Check, president of Catholic Answers, to speak at Una Voce La Crosse Sat. Nov 7th

Hammer of Heretics! Since it is First Saturday the Mass will be for The Blessed Virgin Mary.  Also on Facebook here.

The topic is apropos with Synod-gate playing out before our eyes.  Christopher Check is an excellent speaker, one of my personal favorites.

We will have the autumn colors in full effect, and combine this with a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who could ask for more!  It will be well worth the drive.

Father Z also humorously notes an exchange with David, the Una Voce La Crosse president.

Una Voce La Crosse, November 7, Chris Check

Argument of the Month: Christopher Check and the Battle of Lepanto, Oct. 2nd

On October 7, 1571, in the Gulf of Lepanto the war galleys of the Holy League squared off against those of the Ottoman Turks, rowed by tens of thousands of Christian slaves. The battle decided the future of Europe, yet few Europeans (and even fewer Americans) know the story, much less how close Western Europe came to suffering an Islamic conquest.

Christopher Check, Director of Development for Catholic Answers and U.S. Marine Officer, believes that Europe and America without Christ are emptied of meaning and that Islam, is on the rise again.

As the political and religious conflicts of the 16th-Century tore Europe asunder, the Turk threatened to devour Christendom. She was saved only by the daring of Don John of Austria, the faith of Pope Saint Pius V, and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin. What will save the Christian West today?

Today with our own U.S. embassies in flames, we must never forget:

The Battle of Lepanto [ click to view image of ship used in this battle ]

• Join us for the Argument of the Month's national kick-off of its newest venue in Forest Lake, Minnesota 

• Fathers, bring your sons!  Let them hear this true story of Christian valor. Help them understand what it means to be a Soldier of Christ.

Argument of the Month Forest Lake

St. Peter's Catholic Church

1250 South Shore Drive, Forest Lake, MN 55025

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Christopher Check presents "For God and King" at Cashton, WI talk

Fantastic!

via The Catholic Times

ST. MARY’S RIDGE – If you haven’t heard about the Vendée region of France and its place in Catholic history, don’t worry, you’re probably not alone.

According to one Catholic historian, a little-known but inspiring event in this western region of Catholic France sheds a clear light on how the French Revolution (1789-1799) impacted the Catholic Church.

On June 30, at 4 p.m., in the basement of St. Mary Church, St. Mary’s Ridge, Catholic historian Christopher Check will be speaking on “For God and King: The Catholic Uprising in the Vendée.”

Executive vice president of The Rockford (Ill.) Institute, Check is a graduate of Rice University, Houston, and served for seven years as a field artillery officer in the U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf. His writings have appeared in numerous publications, including This Rock, Gilbert! and the Chesterton Review.

The Vendée uprising took place during the French Revolution, which Check considers the “defining event of modern times,” and “a deliberate war against tradition, against the crown, against marriage and the family, and most of all, against Jesus Christ and His Holy Church.”

Refusing to obey the edicts of the Revolution, the fiercely devout Catholic peasants, nobles, and priests of the Vendée formed an army of resistance. Armed with little more than clubs, pitchforks and hunting rifles, they rose up to defend their faith and tradition. Led by the region’s nobles, this army marched to the cadence of the rosary being recited and wore the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its badge of honor.

At first, the army of the Vendée was successful in driving the Revolutionary Army of France from the region – and could have, as none other than Napoleon Bonaparte himself admitted later, marched straight on to Paris to restore the Church and throne in France.

But the bloodthirsty work of the Revolution would not be deterred – and with a nearly endless supply of troops and weapons and a new, vicious form of “total war” which heralded modern warfare practices – the Revolution eventually defeated the faithful and subdued the Vendée. Despite that defeat, as Check will focus on in his lecture, the uprising remains a remarkable witness to the faith and an inspiration for those who love Jesus Christ and his Church.

The lecture is free and open to the public with a request for a free will offering at the door. For more information, contact Mark or Valerie Kircher at 608- 463-7273.

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