{"id":39328,"date":"2019-01-03T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/?page_id=39328"},"modified":"2021-04-12T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:55:04","slug":"speaking-request","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/speaking-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Request Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39328\" class=\"elementor elementor-39328\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-350eab68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"350eab68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f4d86ff\" data-id=\"7f4d86ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9224a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9224a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Invite Dale Ahlquist<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1081f2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1081f2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f36b\" data-id=\"fb4f36b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85386fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85386fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speaking Request Form<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0908755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"0908755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sampletalks\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b219d6\" data-id=\"1b219d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-489cee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"489cee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invite Dale Ahlquist, President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9434d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9434d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Interested in having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/dale-ahlquist\/\">Dale Ahlquist<\/a> give a talk at your conference or event? Since G.K. Chesterton wrote on practically every topic, Dale can give a talk on practically any topic through a Chestertonian perspective.<\/p><p>In addition to the <a href=\"#sampletalks\"><b>popular talks listed below<\/b><\/a>, Dale has given talks on beauty, atheism, Catholicism and other faiths, mysticism, detective fiction, Chesterton&#8217;s books on <em>St. Francis of Assisi<\/em>, <em>St. Thomas Aquinas<\/em>, <em>Orthodoxy<\/em>, <em>The Everlasting Man<\/em>, and many more.<\/p><p>Dale also offers\u00a0<a href=\"#retreats\"><b>spiritual retreats<\/b><\/a> drawing on the insights of G.K. Chesterton. Scroll down to view a description and sample retreat formats.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Please complete the speaking request form and we&#8217;ll contact you with information on Dale&#8217;s availability and any other questions regarding your event. You may also contact Cathy at cathy@chesterton.org or call 800-343-2425.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d767d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8d767d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_Dale-Ahlquist_Web-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37886\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_Dale-Ahlquist_Web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_Dale-Ahlquist_Web-scaled-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_Dale-Ahlquist_Web-scaled-376x251.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_Dale-Ahlquist_Web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_Dale-Ahlquist_Web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9332990 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9332990\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10b40f1\" data-id=\"10b40f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9c096c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9c096c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Popular Talks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9436748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"9436748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1551\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1551\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">G.K. Chesterton: Heavyweight Champion of the Faith<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1551\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1551\"><p>Pius XI called him a \u201cdefender of the faith,\u201d and Ven. Fulton J. Sheen and Servant of God Dorothy Day loved him. But who was this great apologist named G.K. Chesterton?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1552\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1552\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Love, Marriage, and Common Sense<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1552\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1552\"><p>In today\u2019s troubling times, marriage and family life are under attack. But they were also threatened in Chesterton\u2019s time. What insights can Chesterton give us to defend the family?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1553\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1553\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How to Create Complete Thinkers in a One-Dimensional Culture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1553\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1553\"><p>What does it mean to be a \u201ccomplete thinker\u201d? It means being able to take on a wide variety of ideas and disciplines and put them all together in a way that they work together. It means thinking like G.K. Chesterton.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1554\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1554\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Saint G.K. Chesterton?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1554\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1554\"><p>The investigation into Chesterton\u2019s Cause for Canonization has taken many by surprise. Dale will make a case why Chesterton will be declared a saint.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1555\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1555\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">The Gentle and Bloody Art of Defending the Faith<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1555\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1555\"><p>Defending the faith is sometimes not very pretty. Learn from the great apologist G.K. Chesterton, heralded as \u201cdefender of the faith\u201d by Pius XI, the art of dueling intellectually.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1556\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1556\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">The Trouble with Catholic Social Teaching<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1556\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1556\"><p>Why is it that no one \u201cgets\u201d Catholic Social teaching? Dale will share his insights on why the social doctrine of the Church baffles many people, and the answer is not what you expect.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1557\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1557\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">The Chesterton Academy Model: How Schools Can Capitalize on the Emergence of Classical Education<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1557\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1557\"><p>In 2008, Dale Ahlquist co-founded Chesterton Academy because of the perceived need for parent-driven, integrated education steeped in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Invite Dale to share the keys to building a successful school aimed at restoring the good, the true, and the beautiful.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-316a561\" data-id=\"316a561\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f69a8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f69a8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab2e040\" data-id=\"ab2e040\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8ef60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f8ef60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Additional Sample Talks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5eeea24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5eeea24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-95141b0\" data-id=\"95141b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02110db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02110db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Chesterton and the New Evangelization<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton as Prophet<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Chesterton for Priests<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Chesterton and Relativism<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Chesterton on Science and Religion<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Chesterton on Mysticism<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Chesterton and the Mother of God<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton and the Youth of the Church<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;\"><i>Hope<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Recovering the Most Neglected and Misunderstood of the Virtues<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>Beauty is Unanswerable:<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Chesterton on Art<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>The Ordered Mind:<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0Chesterton and Sanity<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>God is Dead:<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0Chesterton and Nietzsche<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>Polls and Pews:<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0Chesterton on Politics<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><i>The Universe and Other Little Things:\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton on the Environment<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6287334\" data-id=\"6287334\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-02f3cf9\" data-id=\"02f3cf9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179c4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"179c4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The Ecumenical Chesterton<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis<\/span><\/p><p><b><i>Unlearning Our History Lessons:<\/i><\/b> Chesterton as Historian<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton on the English Martyrs<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton on Ireland<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Puritans and Pagans<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton on St. Francis of Assisi<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton on St. Thomas Aquinas<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A Walk Through\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">What&#8217;s Wrong with the World<\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A Walk Through\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Orthodoxy<\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A Walk Through\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><i>The Everlasting Man<\/i><\/i><\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><i>The Art of Murder: <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Chesterton and Detective Fiction<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><i>Words about Words:<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> Chesterton the Literary Critic<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><i>The Soul of Wit:<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> Chesterton on Shakespeare<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">How to Write an Essay<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dec081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"8dec081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"retreats\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c075ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c075ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2516ef\" data-id=\"b2516ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b3cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13b3cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Spiritual Retreats <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6cc942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6cc942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Invite Dale Ahlquist to lead a spiritual retreat, in collaboration with your parish, seminary, or local retreat center. Scroll down for example three-day or half-day mini retreat formats.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3336667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3336667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Example Half-Day Mini-Retreat Format<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcb22d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfcb22d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">G.K. Chesterton on Lay Spirituality, and (while we\u2019re at it) Lay Mysticism<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">A look at why the role of the Catholic layman is more important today than ever before\u2014through the eyes of that profound and prophetic writer G.K. Chesterton\u2014who happened to be a Catholic layman.<\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">8:30AM \u2013 Mass<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">9:00AM \u2013 Breakfast<br \/><\/span>9:15AM \u2013 Conference 1 &#8211; <i>A Simple Primer on What It Means to Be a Lay Catholic<\/i><br \/>10:30AM\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0Break<br \/>10:45AM\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Conference 2 &#8211;\u00a0<i>An Exploration of Lay Mysticism and the Mystery of Suffering\u00a0<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">12:00PM \u2013 Lunch<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f689375 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f689375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20be586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20be586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Example Three Day Retreat Format<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3385f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3385f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">A Weekend Chesterton Retreat on Lay Spirituality<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><b>Genius and Common Sense: Chesterton, the Man for Our Times<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This weekend retreat explores the vital role of Catholic laity, using the insights of one the great laymen of the Church, G.K. Chesterton. Dr. Ahlquist will introduce Chesterton with an understanding of what it means to be a lay Catholic, and focus on the transcendentals, Catholic social teaching, lay mysticism and the mystery of suffering, all through the viewpoint of G. K. Chesterton.<\/span><\/p><p><b>DAY ONE<br \/><\/b>6:00PM &#8211; Check-in\/Registration<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">7:00PM &#8211; Opening Conference &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><i><b>An Introduction to G.K. Chesterton, a Catholic Layman<\/b><\/i><\/p><p><b>DAY TWO<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">8:00AM &#8211; Mass<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">9:00AM &#8211; Conference &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><i><b>A Simple Primer on What It Means to Be a Lay Catholic<\/b><br \/><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">11:00AM &#8211; Confession, Spiritual Direction, Meditation<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">12:00PM &#8211; Lunch<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2:00PM &#8211; Conference &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><i><b>A New Look at Truth, Beauty, and Goodness<br \/><\/b><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">3:30PM &#8211; Break<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">4:00PM &#8211; Conference &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><i><b>The Understanding (and Misunderstanding) of Catholic Social Teaching<br \/><\/b><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">5:30PM &#8211; Dinner<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">7:00PM &#8211; Conference &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><b><i>An Exploration of Lay Mysticism and the Mystery of Suffering<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><b>DAY THREE<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">9:30AM &#8211; Closing Conference &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><b><i>Concluding Remarks on Lay Spirituality \u2013 and Q &amp; A<br \/><\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">11:00AM &#8211;\u00a0 Mass<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">12:00PM &#8211; Lunch and Departure<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invite Dale Ahlquist Speaking Request Form Name* First Last Email* Phone* Event Name\/Description Event Location* Event Date Message CAPTCHA Invite Dale Ahlquist, President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton Interested in having Dale Ahlquist give a talk at your conference or event? 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