News & Events

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
by: David Foster and Christine Yzaguirre

This year Saints and Sleuths, a celebration of Catholic life in literature, features romance, terrorist plottings, trial for slander and ghostly apparitions. It may sound like reality television, but it in fact celebrates the Catholic authors G. K. Chesterton, Robert Hugh Benson, John Cardinal Newman and Catherine Doherty.   The event, which spans two weekends in January, will feature dramatic readings with commentary and discussion. Free and open to the public, it will be held at Theatre-In-The-Round in the Bishop Dougherty University Center.   The program schedule is:

• January 23, 8 p.m. -- Dramatic reading of The Man Who Was Thursday. Adapted by John Dandola. Commentary by Reverend Ian Boyd and Dr. Dermot Quinn.
• January 24, 8 p.m. -- Dramatic reading of Spectres in the Apse. Written by John Dandola based on Robert Benson. Commentary by Drs. Jim McGlone and Dermot Quinn.
• January 30, 8 p.m. -- Dramatic reading of Newman's Second Spring. Written by James McGlone. Commentary by Monsignor Gerard McCarren.
• January 31, 8 p.m. -- Dramatic reading of Baroness of God. An original play by John Dandola based on the life of Catherine Doherty. Commentary by Dr. David Foster.

  Saints and Sleuths, now in its third year, will again feature the dramatic talents of the Celtic Theatre Company and the literary talents of John Dandola. The Celtic Theatre Company, who for 30 years has presented the best of Irish drama in Seton Hall's Theatre-In-The-Round, provides the acting talent for the dramatic presentations.   John Dandola, an accomplished writer, has adapted or written an original work for three of this year's four performances. Among John's accomplishments are six mystery novels (the most recent being TheUnbound Wind ), a biography of John Hays Hammond, four children's histories, three non-fiction books, and the adaptation of four Father Brown Mysteries.   This year's event is sponsored by Seton Hall University's Celtic Theatre Company, G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture, Center for Catholic Studies and Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership. For more information, please call (973) 275-2431.

For more information please contact:
Gloria Garafulich-Grabois
(973) 275-2431
chestertoninstitute@shu.edu