1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 G.K. Chesterton wanted his wife to enter the Catholic Church alongside him, but Frances took four more years, until she felt God had shown her the way. She was received on All Saints Day, 1926, and a century later Joe Grabowski talks with her biographer, Nancy Carpentier Brown, about the saints the Chestertons loved and the ways they honored their dead. Fitting, in the month of All Souls. In This Episode: Why Frances waited four years after G.K. Chesterton’s conversion, and why All Saints Day was the day she chose The confirmation names the Chestertons took from St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi How Chesterton’s democracy of the dead grew into a sense of the dead still taking part in our lives Why the road to Lourdes, on the couple’s last trip together, ran right past the grave of Chesterton’s brother Cecil in France What Chesterton seemed to sense about modern medicine keeping death out of sight Resources Mentioned: The Woman Who Was Chesterton by Nancy Carpentier Brown St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton The Trial of Jeanne d’Arc, translated by W.P. Barrett Uncommon Sense: The Big Guy and the Little Flower: Chesterton and Saint Therese of Lisieux Gilbert Magazine FOLLOW US Instagram Facebook X SUPPORT Consider making a donation Visit our Shop Chapters: 00:00: Frances Chesterton’s centenary 02:11: Received on All Saints Day, 1926 02:39: Why Frances waited four years 05:02: The democracy of the dead 05:50: St. Francis and St. Clare 07:06: Joan of Arc and the English martyrs 09:36: Saints of their era 14:13: A married couple for the altars 17:24: Honoring the dead 19:23: The road to Lourdes 22:04: How modern life hides death 25:43: Conversion as dying to self Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios Uncommon Sense https://sites.libsyn.com/23918/site <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/43599694/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/208397474