Mrs. Carolyn Dutton is the founding Head of School for Chesterton Academy of St. Padre Pio, opening in Sarasota this August.

We proudly announce a special evening featuring Dale Ahlquist, one of the most respected G.K. Chesterton scholars in the world! We will also have as our special guest Joseph Pearce, renowned author and fellow Chestertonian.

Advent is a beautiful time to reflect on the virtue of patience, trust and surrender –– all lessons we have been learning as we wait to celebrate the opening of this amazing school.

For us at Chesterton Academy of St. Padre Pio, we are giving heart-felt thanks to another generous donor who has stepped forward to offer a dollar-for-dollar match raised during GivingTuesday because they believe in the power that a Chesterton education has to nurture the hearts, minds and souls of students.

Catholic classical education is enjoying a momentous resurgence around the world, and the Chesterton Schools Network is leading the way!

“Dear young people, you know that Christianity is not an opinion nor does it consist of empty words. Christianity is Christ! It is a Person, a Living Person! To meet Jesus, to love Him and make Him loved –– this is the Christian vocation.” – St. John Paul II  

“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” – G.K. Chesterton from All Things Considered (1908)

“I am totally poor, a poor nothing. My strength is my prayer, my leader is the will of God which I let take me by the hand. My security over the uneven path is the heavenly mother Mary.” - Don Dolindo

“Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.” — St. Padre Pio