Announcement:
Application submissions for the 2025-26 Wade Center Continuing Scholars Program, are now being accepted through August 15, 2025.
The Wade Center is a goldmine of original editions, manuscripts, letters, recordings and more --by C. S. Lewis and six other authors who either influenced him or who were in his circles: J.R.R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, Owen Barfield, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Charles Williams.
This nine-month program "engages works by and about the Wade's seven featured authors to promote lifelong learning, convivial conversation, and spiritual encouragement in the Christian faith."
Program participants attend lectures, discuss a book by one of the seven featured authors, and explore the riches of the Wade's collections. This year's book selection is J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
To learn more and apply for one of the Wade Center Continuing Scholar Program online or in-person cohorts, click here or paste this URL in your address bar:
https://www.wheaton.edu/media/wade-center/files/news-amp-events/csp/WadeScholars25_26.pdf
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Note: I got selected to participate in this wonderful program this past year as part of the virtual cohort, and I definitely, highly recommend it! The requirements are not onerous, and actually I found it delightful to be challenged to pick a work that I had not yet read to study (I chose to read Dorothy Sayers's 12-play cycle on the Life of Christ, The Man Born to Be King. These plays were originally broadcast via radio, so it was a treat getting to listen to recordings of all 12 of the original broadcasts (1942-43) at the Wade! I flew to the Wade Center in early March, so this experience was an unforgettable, poignant and powerful kick-off to Lent for me this year!)
As for the book that was chosen for group discussion this past year, it happened to be my favorite Non-Narnian book by Lewis: The Great Divorce. I also loved attending Wade Center presentations and lectures during the year -- only four were required but I ended up zooming in to many more. What a stimulating fulfilling experience! (And if you go to the Wade, you get to see the wardrobe that was in the Lewis family!)
