Lepanto

Christopher Check is the Executive Vice President of the Rockford Institute, which publishes the magazine, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He lectures nationwide on life and family issues, defense, the dangers of modern communication technology, military and Church history, and the lives of saints.

"Christopher Check delivers his lecture on Lepanto with the punch and passion that such a subject demands. The combination of scholarship and the rambunctiousness with which he tells the story of Don John's victory over Christendom's ancient foe reminded me of Belloc and Chesterton combined. His lecture is nothing less than a Chesterbellocian feast and is not to be missed."

-- Joseph Pearce of Ave Maria University, author of Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of .K. Chesterton

Lepanto: How the Rosary and Pius V Saved Catholic Europe A Lecture by Christopher Check			"The Turks, swollen by their victories, will wish to take on our fleet, and God -- I have the pious presentiment -- will give us victory. Charles V gave you life. I will give you honor and greatness. Go and seek them out." -- Pope St. Pius V to Don John of Austria
			2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 2008 Dominican House of Studies 487 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by The Immaculate Conception Chapter of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic Please R.S.V.P. to Opthirdwashdc@aol.com or Frank Rose at 301-262-4686 Christopher Check is the Executive Vice President of the Rockford Institute, which publishes the magazine, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He lectures nationwide on life and family issues, defense, the dangers of modern communication technology, military and Church history, and the lives of saints. "Christopher Check delivers his lecture on Lepanto with the punch and passion that such a subject demands. The combination of scholarship and the rambunctiousness with which he tells the story of Don John's victory over Christendom's ancient foe reminded me of Belloc and Chesterton combined. His lecture is nothing less than a Chesterbellocian feast and is not to be missed." -- Joseph Pearce of Ave Maria University, author of Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of .K. Chesterton
On October 7, 1571, the most important sea battle in history was fought at what is today called the Gulf of Patras, then the Gulf of Lepanto. On one side were the war galleys of the Holy League and on the other, those of the Ottoman Turks, rowed by tens of thousands of Christian galley slaves. Although the battle decided the future of Europe, few Americans know the story, much less how close Western Europe came to suffering an Islamic conquest.
Other Opportunities to Hear Christopher Check The Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation invites you to attend a dinner and repeat presentation of the Lepanto lecture at 6:00 p.m. on May 25th at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Tysons Corner. For further information or to purchase a ticket, please call 703-255-2211, visit www.fgfBooks.com, or email mailto:PR@griffnews.com. Christopher Check is giving two other lectures while in the Washington, D.C. area: "Chesterton Unplugged: Liberating Ourselves from eSlavery" on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Rita Catholic Church in Alexandria, VA. See http://www.strita-parish.org/index.htm "St. Joan of Arc & the Hundred Years War" on May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John the Beloved Catholic Church in McLean, VA. See http://www.SJICC.com