“Prince Caspian”
by C. S. Lewis
Monday, May 26
1:00 pm

Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensey, the heroes and heroines from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, return in this fourth installment of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. The four children are transported from an English train station to an island in the world of Narnia. Though Narnia has been at peace since the children left, it is now under the control of Wicked King Mirax. The youngsters, along with Aslan the great lion, must help young Prince Caspian restore Narnia's glorious past.

The group will meet on Monday, May 26, in the St. Olaf parking lot and go out to dinner. Following dinner, we will go see the movie version of Prince Caspian. If you plan to attend, please contact Fr. Mark at mpavlik@saintolaf.org or 612-767-6201.

  

“The Great Gatsby”
by F. Scott Fitsgerald
Sunday, July 13
1:00 pm

A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's -- and his country's -- most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed, and the promise of new beginnings. Gatsby's rise to glory and eventual fall from grace becomes a kind of cautionary tale about the American Dream. It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. Spare, elegantly plotted, and written in crystalline prose, The Great Gatsby is as perfectly satisfying as the best kind of poem. If you are interested in joining the conversation, please contact Fr. Mark at mpavlik@saintolaf.org or 612-767-6201.

  

“A Room with a View”
by E. M. Forster
Sunday, August 3
1:00 pm

This Edwardian social comedy explores love and prim propriety among an eccentric cast of characters, assembled in an Italian pensione and in a corner of Surrey, England. A charming young English woman, Lucy Honeychurch, faints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses a murder in a Florentine piazza. Attracted to this man, George Emerson -- who is entirely unsuitable and whose father just may be a Socialist -- Lucy is soon at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires. Back in England, she is courted by a more acceptable, if stifling, suitor. She soon realizes she must make a startling decision that will decide the course of her future: she is forced to choose between convention and passion. If you are interested in joining the conversation, please contact Fr. Mark at mpavlik@saintolaf.org or 612-767-6201.

  

“The Innocence of Father Brown”
by G. K. Chesterton
Upcoming Sunday (date to be determined)
1:00 pm

The beloved fictional detective Father Brown solves 12 of his most puzzling cases in this copiously-annotated edition. This first collection of Father Brown mysteries, widely considered the author's best, includes The Blue Cross, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, and more. These 12 stories can be found published individually in the book The Innocence of Father Brown or in the compilation volume entitled: The Father Brown Omnibus. Date to be announced.