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#MertonMemoryMonday - Though a few months from Black History Month, we feature the last four Merton Center Black History Month Lectures now with transcripts. All online recordings : merton.org/research/AV/....
Recordings with newly syncronized transcripts: merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite....
Recordings with newly syncronized transcripts: merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite....
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - Though a few months from Black History Month, we feature the last four Merton Center Black History Month Lectures now with transcripts. All online recordings : merton.org/research/AV/....
Recordings with newly syncronized transcripts: merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite....
Recordings with newly syncronized transcripts: merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite....
#MertonMemoryMonday - 60 years ago, Merton's journal of November 3, 1965:
"The comet! I heard about it yesterday in the monastery, went out to see it this morning, and went just at the right time. It is magnificent, appearing just at the ineffable point when the first dim foreshadowing light...
"The comet! I heard about it yesterday in the monastery, went out to see it this morning, and went just at the right time. It is magnificent, appearing just at the ineffable point when the first dim foreshadowing light...
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - 60 years ago, Merton's journal of November 3, 1965:
"The comet! I heard about it yesterday in the monastery, went out to see it this morning, and went just at the right time. It is magnificent, appearing just at the ineffable point when the first dim foreshadowing light...
"The comet! I heard about it yesterday in the monastery, went out to see it this morning, and went just at the right time. It is magnificent, appearing just at the ineffable point when the first dim foreshadowing light...
The first annual international Network Symposium: Where Interfaith, Ecology, and Education Meet in 2026, to be held in Makersdorf, Germany, and online, May 14-17, 2026.
The registration is now open: mindful-dialogue.org for online or in-person participation.
The registration is now open: mindful-dialogue.org for online or in-person participation.
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The first annual international Network Symposium: Where Interfaith, Ecology, and Education Meet in 2026, to be held in Makersdorf, Germany, and online, May 14-17, 2026.
The registration is now open: mindful-dialogue.org for online or in-person participation.
The registration is now open: mindful-dialogue.org for online or in-person participation.
#MertonMemoryMonday - Did you miss the last Tuesdays with Merton featuring Fr. Vincent Pizzuto?
YouTube: youtu.be/mgKLooWsirM?...
Podcast: tuesdayswithmerton.podbean.com
The presentation explores Merton and the quietud sabrosa (“delicious tranquility”) in light of Near Death Experiences.
YouTube: youtu.be/mgKLooWsirM?...
Podcast: tuesdayswithmerton.podbean.com
The presentation explores Merton and the quietud sabrosa (“delicious tranquility”) in light of Near Death Experiences.
Vincent Pizzuto
YouTube video by Tuesdays with Merton
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October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - Did you miss the last Tuesdays with Merton featuring Fr. Vincent Pizzuto?
YouTube: youtu.be/mgKLooWsirM?...
Podcast: tuesdayswithmerton.podbean.com
The presentation explores Merton and the quietud sabrosa (“delicious tranquility”) in light of Near Death Experiences.
YouTube: youtu.be/mgKLooWsirM?...
Podcast: tuesdayswithmerton.podbean.com
The presentation explores Merton and the quietud sabrosa (“delicious tranquility”) in light of Near Death Experiences.
#MertonMemoryMonday - 60 years ago, Jim Douglass wrote to Merton and spoke of meetings with bishops at the Second Vatican Council as a peace advocate. He writes, "Also in Rome Dorothy Day being wined and dined by the hierarchy (everything has become possible)"!
merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite...
merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite...
October 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
#MertonMemoryMonday - 60 years ago, Jim Douglass wrote to Merton and spoke of meetings with bishops at the Second Vatican Council as a peace advocate. He writes, "Also in Rome Dorothy Day being wined and dined by the hierarchy (everything has become possible)"!
merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite...
merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite...
#MertonMemoryMonday — 60 years ago, September 22, 1965, Eileen Egan of American PAX (the predecessor of Pax Christi USA) writes to Merton thanking him for writing “An Open Letter to the American Hierarchy: Schema XIII and the Modern World”: merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite....
September 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday — 60 years ago, September 22, 1965, Eileen Egan of American PAX (the predecessor of Pax Christi USA) writes to Merton thanking him for writing “An Open Letter to the American Hierarchy: Schema XIII and the Modern World”: merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite....
#MertonMemoryMonday - 60 years ago Merton gave his final address as novice master before becoming a full time hermit. (He was gradually given increasing time in the hermitage since its construction in 1960 before granted full-time residency.) merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite...
Art by Joe McGee.
Art by Joe McGee.
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - 60 years ago Merton gave his final address as novice master before becoming a full time hermit. (He was gradually given increasing time in the hermitage since its construction in 1960 before granted full-time residency.) merton.bellarmine.edu/s/Merton/ite...
Art by Joe McGee.
Art by Joe McGee.
#MertonMemoryMonday — 60 years ago, August 11, 1965: Dorothy Day writes a letter to Merton between having attended a meeting of PAX (U.S. Catholic peace group that became Pax Christi, USA), currently attending a Catholic Art Association meeting, and plans for a trip to Rome to speak with bishops.
August 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday — 60 years ago, August 11, 1965: Dorothy Day writes a letter to Merton between having attended a meeting of PAX (U.S. Catholic peace group that became Pax Christi, USA), currently attending a Catholic Art Association meeting, and plans for a trip to Rome to speak with bishops.
#MertonMemoryMonday - 80 years ago this week, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Merton wrote "Target Equals City" after having read Robert C. Batchelder's book, The Irreversible Decision: 1939-1950. Merton's friend Herbert Mason urged him not to publish the article.
August 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - 80 years ago this week, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Merton wrote "Target Equals City" after having read Robert C. Batchelder's book, The Irreversible Decision: 1939-1950. Merton's friend Herbert Mason urged him not to publish the article.
#MertonMemoryMonday - Last month, Regis University hosted the biennial general meeting of the ITMS. Among the many excellent speakers was a powerful presentation by Estevan Rael-Gálvez titled "Native Bound Unbound: A Pilgrimage Through Silence."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8F...
Estevan Rael-Gálvez
YouTube video by Tuesdays with Merton
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - Last month, Regis University hosted the biennial general meeting of the ITMS. Among the many excellent speakers was a powerful presentation by Estevan Rael-Gálvez titled "Native Bound Unbound: A Pilgrimage Through Silence."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8F...
#MertonMemoryMonday — 65 years ago, a hospital stay inspires Merton’s poem “Hagia Sophia” as noted by volume four journal editor, Victor A. Kramer. Merton’s journal of July 2, 1960 [St. Anthony’s Hospital, Louisville, The Feast of the] Visitation:
June 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday — 65 years ago, a hospital stay inspires Merton’s poem “Hagia Sophia” as noted by volume four journal editor, Victor A. Kramer. Merton’s journal of July 2, 1960 [St. Anthony’s Hospital, Louisville, The Feast of the] Visitation:
#MertonMemoryMonday - Another great Merton conference is now in the books. We are grateful to Chris Pramuk and the program committee, the wonderful people of beautiful Regis University, the plenary speakers and session presenters, and everyone who attended and joined in wonderful conversation.
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - Another great Merton conference is now in the books. We are grateful to Chris Pramuk and the program committee, the wonderful people of beautiful Regis University, the plenary speakers and session presenters, and everyone who attended and joined in wonderful conversation.
There are limited places still open for a retreat featuring a trip to Merton's hermitage at Gethsemani, July 25 - 27, 2025:
nazarethretreatcenterky.org/programs/164...
nazarethretreatcenterky.org/programs/164...
Merton: Poetry & Contemplation Retreat
Thomas Merton expressed himself in poetry throughout his time at Gethsemani Abbey and his vocation as a writer and a monk from his earliest published book to one of his last unfinished projects. Somet...
nazarethretreatcenterky.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
There are limited places still open for a retreat featuring a trip to Merton's hermitage at Gethsemani, July 25 - 27, 2025:
nazarethretreatcenterky.org/programs/164...
nazarethretreatcenterky.org/programs/164...
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I’m gratified to have received a writing commission for a commentary on Merton’s introduction to this book.
It’s an urgent message from 1966, a troubled time of Civil Rights protests in the U.S. and escalating war in Vietnam. Its message rhymes with current violence — both structural and sporadic.
It’s an urgent message from 1966, a troubled time of Civil Rights protests in the U.S. and escalating war in Vietnam. Its message rhymes with current violence — both structural and sporadic.
June 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’m gratified to have received a writing commission for a commentary on Merton’s introduction to this book.
It’s an urgent message from 1966, a troubled time of Civil Rights protests in the U.S. and escalating war in Vietnam. Its message rhymes with current violence — both structural and sporadic.
It’s an urgent message from 1966, a troubled time of Civil Rights protests in the U.S. and escalating war in Vietnam. Its message rhymes with current violence — both structural and sporadic.
#MertonMemoryMonday — 60 years ago, Whit Tuesday: “The great joy of the solitary life is not found simply in quiet, in the beauty of peace and nature, song of birds, etc., nor in the peace of one’s own heart, but in the awakening and attuning of the heart to the voice of God—...
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday — 60 years ago, Whit Tuesday: “The great joy of the solitary life is not found simply in quiet, in the beauty of peace and nature, song of birds, etc., nor in the peace of one’s own heart, but in the awakening and attuning of the heart to the voice of God—...
Seeing "the first American pope," I keep adding a mental asterisk. Most likely mean the first pope from the U.S. Pope Francis was the first pope of the Americas. Pope Leo's ministry to this point has taken him from Chicago to Chiclayo.
May 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seeing "the first American pope," I keep adding a mental asterisk. Most likely mean the first pope from the U.S. Pope Francis was the first pope of the Americas. Pope Leo's ministry to this point has taken him from Chicago to Chiclayo.
#MertonMemoryMonday – On the eve of the papal conclave that would choose Cardinal Montini, the Archbishop of Milan, as Pope Paul VI, Merton records his thoughts in his journal of June 18, 1963. At this time it seemed that anyone outside of an Italian, even a German, “do[es] not have a chance.”
April 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday – On the eve of the papal conclave that would choose Cardinal Montini, the Archbishop of Milan, as Pope Paul VI, Merton records his thoughts in his journal of June 18, 1963. At this time it seemed that anyone outside of an Italian, even a German, “do[es] not have a chance.”
Two t-shirts and a sweatshirt are available to benefit youth/student scholarships to the upcoming Merton Society meeting in Denver. Attendees can save shipping and pick up shirt at the conference. Any order can be shipped.
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April 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Two t-shirts and a sweatshirt are available to benefit youth/student scholarships to the upcoming Merton Society meeting in Denver. Attendees can save shipping and pick up shirt at the conference. Any order can be shipped.
keepmertonweird.deco-apparel.com
keepmertonweird.deco-apparel.com
#MertonMemoryMonday – 60 years ago: Hiromu Morishita was one of a group of Hibakusha—survivors of the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945—who visited Thomas Merton at Gethsemani in 1964 during a tour of various places in the United States and also Paris, Moscow, and East and West Berlin.
April 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday – 60 years ago: Hiromu Morishita was one of a group of Hibakusha—survivors of the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945—who visited Thomas Merton at Gethsemani in 1964 during a tour of various places in the United States and also Paris, Moscow, and East and West Berlin.
Last night's Tuesdays with Merton with Becky McIntyre and Sarah Fuller is now available as a video and podcast.
Merton as Visual Artist and Creating Socially Conscious Art in the 21st Century
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Al...
Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Merton as Visual Artist and Creating Socially Conscious Art in the 21st Century
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Al...
Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Becky McIntyre and Sarah Fuller
YouTube video by Tuesdays with Merton
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Last night's Tuesdays with Merton with Becky McIntyre and Sarah Fuller is now available as a video and podcast.
Merton as Visual Artist and Creating Socially Conscious Art in the 21st Century
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Al...
Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Merton as Visual Artist and Creating Socially Conscious Art in the 21st Century
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Al...
Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“The Calligraphy of Snow and Rock and Sky”
Thomas Merton and the Spirit of Place
Regis University, June 2025
“A sign of snow on a mountainside as if my own ancestors were hailing me.”
~ Thomas Merton, Woods, Shore, Desert
merton.org/2025/
Scholarships for graduate and undergrad students.
Thomas Merton and the Spirit of Place
Regis University, June 2025
“A sign of snow on a mountainside as if my own ancestors were hailing me.”
~ Thomas Merton, Woods, Shore, Desert
merton.org/2025/
Scholarships for graduate and undergrad students.
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“The Calligraphy of Snow and Rock and Sky”
Thomas Merton and the Spirit of Place
Regis University, June 2025
“A sign of snow on a mountainside as if my own ancestors were hailing me.”
~ Thomas Merton, Woods, Shore, Desert
merton.org/2025/
Scholarships for graduate and undergrad students.
Thomas Merton and the Spirit of Place
Regis University, June 2025
“A sign of snow on a mountainside as if my own ancestors were hailing me.”
~ Thomas Merton, Woods, Shore, Desert
merton.org/2025/
Scholarships for graduate and undergrad students.
The lecture by James Finley, Being A Healing Presence in a Wounded and Traumatized World, is now available on YouTube and on the Tuesdays with Merton podcast. It was presented at Bellarmine University for the annual Fourth & Walnut Lecture sponsored by the ITMS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxQV...
James Finley - 2025 ITMS Fourth & Walnut Lecture
YouTube video by Tuesdays with Merton
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The lecture by James Finley, Being A Healing Presence in a Wounded and Traumatized World, is now available on YouTube and on the Tuesdays with Merton podcast. It was presented at Bellarmine University for the annual Fourth & Walnut Lecture sponsored by the ITMS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxQV...
#MertonMemoryMonday 60 years ago, Thomas Merton recorded in his journal a continuation of his meditation of the electrification of his hermitage he poetically wrote about in the essay “Rain and the Rhinoceros.” When Merton wrote the essay, he was using his Coleman lantern, but now he is on the grid:
February 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
#MertonMemoryMonday 60 years ago, Thomas Merton recorded in his journal a continuation of his meditation of the electrification of his hermitage he poetically wrote about in the essay “Rain and the Rhinoceros.” When Merton wrote the essay, he was using his Coleman lantern, but now he is on the grid:
#MertonMemoryMonday The sad news of the passing of Glenn Hinson prompted many responses on the posting from friends and former students. We are posting an interview by Bernie Lucht that captures many of Glenn's memories of bringing seminary students to meet Merton.
merton.org/research/av/...
merton.org/research/av/...
February 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
#MertonMemoryMonday The sad news of the passing of Glenn Hinson prompted many responses on the posting from friends and former students. We are posting an interview by Bernie Lucht that captures many of Glenn's memories of bringing seminary students to meet Merton.
merton.org/research/av/...
merton.org/research/av/...
#MertonMemoryMonday - We will celebrate Merton's 110th birthday this week. Thomas Merton only had 53 years on Earth. However, his granny, Gertrude Merton, lived to 101.
January 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#MertonMemoryMonday - We will celebrate Merton's 110th birthday this week. Thomas Merton only had 53 years on Earth. However, his granny, Gertrude Merton, lived to 101.