SPECIAL EPISODE: Remembering Aidan Mackey with Dale Ahlquist
In this episode, Dale Ahlquist joins Grettelyn and Joe to remember the great Chestertonian, Aidan Mackey, who passed away on May 4th at the age of 101. Please join the Society in praying for the happy repose of Aidan's soul, and the comfort of his loved ones and friends.
We also chat about the upcoming 43rd Annual Chesterton Conference and preview some of the great talks you'll hear if you join us, either in-person or online! To learn more, visit chesterton.org/conference.
Also mentioned, our ongoing Online Book Club on 'The Everlasting Man.' To sign up and get links to the live broadcasts, and catch up on recordings, visit chesterton.org/everlastingman today!
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Praying for the repose of the soul of Aiden Mackey.
RIP. Aidan was a very close friend of mine for over forty years. We met at a booksale (of course!) at Cambridge England in 1980. He became a friend and stayed with us in Canada on several occasions prior to our attending together (to sell books or give papers) at the Seattle Chesterton Conferences held in the 1990's. We named our eldest son Aidan partly in homage of him and he was happy about that always asking how "Good Aidan" was. I have a wealth of stories about him and his wife Dorene. He encouraged my writing on GKC and CS Lewis and the volume I did (Vol VII) for The Collected Works. He was knowledgeable and generous with his knowledge. Some of my students have written on GKC and Distributism and that link is directly forged out of our long friendship for which I shall always be grateful. RIP Aidan Mackey.
Talk a little bit more about what happens at a Chesterton conference? How do you dress? Is there smoking of cigars and pipes?
@AmCHESTERTONsoc
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Hi David! Dress is summer casual, many people wear shorts and a golf shirt or the like, or one of our conference tee shirts! Of course, we also have Mass daily and for those who attend the liturgy they tend to dress up a bit more. In the evenings after the sessions, or during breaks even, you'll find a fair number of pipe and cigar smokers, yes.
@davidrn5600
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@@AmCHESTERTONsocthanks for the valuable information!