Conversion of an Anarchist

Israel Gow: The Movie

Have you seen it on EWTN? Need to see it again? Order it here.

EWTN: The Honour of Israel Gow

Theater of the Word, Episode 8: The Honor of Israel Gow: A Fr. Brown Mystery will have one prime-time airing in addition to the regular time slots. So the complete list of airtimes is:

Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10pm Eastern

Wed., Oct. 21 at 1pm Eastern

Thurs., Oct. 22 at 5am Eastern

Sat., Oct. 24 at 4pm Eastern

I've seen this. It premiered at the Seattle conference. It's great, and I can't wait to see it again!

If you don't get cable or your cable doesn't have EWTN, you can watch it on line streaming live. Be sure to check your time zone.

New EWTN Shows featuring Chestertonians

Here are the press photos for the new EWTN series, Theater of the Word, featuring stars of stage and screen, Chestertonians (L to R) Eric Kaiser Johnson (as Porter) and Kevin O'Brien (as Father Brown), I'm sorry to say I don't know the name of the actor playing Israel Gow, standing with the deseased Lord Glengoyle (played by the alive Dale Ahlquist), and Dale's promo shot for the 5th season of The Apostle of Common Sense.

Ahlquist and GKC go to IHOP

From Dale:

I just returned from EWTN where Chuck Chalberg taped his segments as G.K. Chesterton for the 5th season of “The Apostle of Common Sense”, which will be aired next fall. I was down there in August, taping my segments along with the dramatic vignettes (featuring, among others, the infamous Stanford Nutting, played by Kevin O’Brien). We also taped an entire Fr. Brown story, “The Honour of Israel Gow” which will be included in Kevin’s upcoming “Theatre of the Word” series for EWTN. “Israel Gow” will have its premiere at the Chesterton conference in Seattle in August. It’s going to be really good! I saw a first edit while I was at EWTN this week, and I was very impressed with the high quality of the production.

Chuck and I arrived late in the day and started taping right away in the evening. At the end of the shoot, we needed to be fed, and the only place open was the local International House of Pancakes. There was no time for Chuck to change out of costume, so GK Chesterton went with me to the IHOP. The amazing thing is, no one noticed. In fact, he wasn’t even the most interesting looking person there!

Thanks for the update, Dale, sounds like a fun time.

Now we all have an extra reason to get ourselves to Seattle in August: to see the debut of The Honour of Israel Gow.

What have you done lately to promote Chesterton?

The ACS exists to promote Chesterton. YOU are the ACS. Together, we try to figure out ways to promote the work of one of our favorite journalists.

Ways to help: Become a member of the ACS. Give gift subscriptions to Gilbert for Christmas. Read Chesterton. Quote Chesterton. Try to obtain a Chestertonian way of thinking and responding to the arguments of the day. Use logic and reason and a heavy dose of humor. Start a Chesterton Society in your local area. (Anyone want to form one half way between Milwaukee and Chicago?) Join a local Chesterton Society in your area. Attend the annual Chesterton meeting this coming August in Seattle. Watch the EWTN shows of The Apostle of Common Sense. Order the DVDs for your family and friends. Invite people to your house and have discussions and debates along with the steak and potatoes, cigars and wine.

If you are a student, ask your teachers to teach Chesterton. When you write a paper, quote Chesterton. When pondering a moral or ethical situation, read Chesterton.

What am I doing? I'm currently working on my second childrens adaptation of Father Brown mysteries. After that...oh ho! A writing project for homeschoolers and high schoolers using the work of Chesterton to help students learn to write. After that...another adaptation, but not Father Brown...

What are you doing? Any interesting ways of promoting Chesterton? I'd love to hear about it.

Fans of ACS on EWTN Unite!

From reader Carol:

I tuned in to EWTN, only to see a commercial first for a special presentation of "Into Great Silence" which will air on SUNDAY NIGHT AT NINE!

I think that just S-T-I-N-K-S. Don't misunderstand; I am actually very interested in seeing "Into Great Silence"... but not at the expense of Chesterton! It will be the second Sunday evening in a row that "Apostle of Common Sense" has been pre-empted for something else, and the third Sunday night in two months.

I have complained via e-mail to EWTN twice in recent months about it and asked Dale if he felt the third time would be overkill. He said to encourage others to complain.

So, if you are so inclined, would you email EWTN, too?

EWTN Programming Error

Due to a programming error, the Fourth Season of the Apostle of Common Sense will begin on March 9th, not yesterday, the 2nd, as was previously reported.

Thanks, and hope you'll watch next Sunday.