Loyola University (Lake Shore
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Thomas Merton entered the Abbey of Gethsemani on December 10, 1941; so in the
Twelfth General Meeting, the ITMS will mark the seventieth anniversary of this
pivotal moment in his life. The Abbey of Gethsemani became the first real home
that Merton had ever known. In The Sign of Jonas Merton wrote “This is
the land where you have given me roots in eternity, O God of heaven and earth.
This is the burning promised land, the house of God, the gate of heaven, the
place of peace, the place of silence, the place of wrestling with the angel.”
The monastic life provided Merton with the spirituality and the structure to
produce some of the great spiritual texts of our time. Merton’s exploration of
spirituality and monasticism and its relevance for the modern world transformed
monasticism and influenced innumerable people around the world, as he became a
prophetic critic of contemporary urban crises and an agent of social
transformation.
Plenary Speakers:
Saturday Evening
Thomas Merton’s Celestial and Urban Music:
A concert of Thomas Merton’s Poetry Set to Music.
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Opening Sessions:
First-Timers' Session
Robert Grip |
Merton: Monasticism East and West
Brendan Collins / Nass Cannon |
Researching Merton
Mark Meade / Andrea Neuhoff |
Emerging Scholars
Katharine Bubel / Eric Anglada /
Vanessa Wibberley |
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Chapters Workshop
John King |
Merton and the Challenge of Technology
Paul Dekar /
Gary Purdy |
Merton and
Inspiration for Ministry
Nancy Breitsprecher / William Mangrum / Hyeokil Kwon / Judith Hardcastle |
Emerging Scholars
Valerie Savino / Hans Gustafson /
Joseph Madonna |
Concurrent Sessions:
Merton: Vision and Revision
Mary Frances
Coady / Patrick F. O’Connell |
Merton’s Mysticism: City and Cosmos
Cristóbal
Serrán-Pagán / Robert Peach |
Merton: Shaping a Culture of Justice
William
Apel / Robert Weldon Whalen |
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Merton and the Education of the Heart
Mary
McDonald / Ty Anderson |
Merton and Poetic Imagination
Lynn Szabo /
Małgorzata Poks |
Merton and Marxism
David Golemboski / Marc Boswell |
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Merton: Desert and City
Patrick Cousins /
Christopher Pramuk |
Merton: Camus, Milosz, Hopkins
David Belcastro /Mary
Sommerset |
Merton and Monastic Vision
Christine Bochen /
Young-Suck Moon |
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Merton and Contemporary Culture
Jeff Kiernan / Dan
P. Horan, OFM |
Merton and the Wild Ones
Mac McGoldrick / Angus
Stuart |
Merton and Two Historical Voices
Kathleen Deignan,
CND / Joshua Hollmann |
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Merton and the Human Community
Steven Millies / Larry Culliford |
Merton in Correspondence
Maria Barrera / Fiona
Gardner |
Merton: Paradox and Struggle
Lars Adolfsson / Ed
Kaplan |
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Merton and Ecology
Kenneth M. Voiles / John O’Brien, CP |
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Workshops, Guided Prayer & Special Presentations:
A Signed Confession of Crimes Against the State
Gray Matthews |
The Paradox of Place: Experiencing ‘All the Times and
Moods of One Good Place’ with Thomas Merton
Paul M. Pearson |
Another Door To Contemplation:
Wisdom in Thomas Merton’s Art
Mary Louise Heffernan |
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Thomas Merton and the Space-In-Between
Glenn
Loughrey |
Doing Lectio with Thomas Merton
Suzanne
Zuercher |
Merton and Cuba: 1940, 1959, 1962
Don Grayston |
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Soul Friends: Merton and Modern Poets
Judith Valente
/ Charles Reynard |
Finding the Sky Within
Monica Weis, SSJ |
Merton and the Marginalized
Mark Colville / Marty
Shea / Tom Goekler |
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Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of
John Howard Griffin
Morgan Atkinson |
Drawn into the Mystery: Art-Journaling® with lines,
shapes and spaces as a way of meditation and prayer
Marianne Hieb |
Merton and Mission
Mark Filut, OCSO |
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Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day:
Pilgrims and Prophets of Peace
Sharon Halsey-Hoover / David Hoover |
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Seeing Through the Eyes of Thomas Merton:
The New York Years
Jan Sheridan |
Registration Fees:
(including conference registration and meals)
ITMS Member - $280.00
Non-Member - $330.00 (Join
the ITMS)
Late Registration Fees (between May 15
and June 1):
(including conference registration and meals)
ITMS Member - $330.00
Non-Member - $380.00 (Join
the ITMS)
Accommodation:
$210.00 (Single room for three nights - per person)
$168.00 (Share room for three nights - per person)
Print out and mail the conference
Registration Form.
The Conference
Brochure will be available soon.
Travel
Directions to Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
ITMS Daggy Scholarships
Daggy
Youth/Student Scholarships enable young people (ages 14-29) to
participate in an International Thomas Merton Society Conference
by covering the costs of registration, meals and accommodation. For further
information about Daggy Scholarships and an application form go to the
Daggy Scholarship Web Page.
For INFORMATION on REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATIONS contact the Site
Coordinator:
Michael A. Brennan
ITMS Chicago
P.O. Box 31931
Chicago, IL 60631.
Email:
merton2011@gmail.com
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Program Committee
Donald Grayston, Vancouver, BC. Canada (Chair)
Michael A Brennan, Chicago, IL (Site Coordinator)
Christine M. Bochen, Rochester, NY
Vaughn Fayle, Chicago, IL
Robert G. Grip, Mobile, AL
Paul M Pearson, Louisville, KY
Monica Weis, Rochester, NY
Suzanne Zuercher, Chicago, IL
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Chicago Site Committee
Michael
A. Brennan (Site Coordinator)
Vaughn Fayle, Chicago, IL
Suzanne Zuercher, Chicago, IL
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L to R: Suzanne Zuercher, Paul M.
Pearson, Robert G. Grip, Monica Weis, Vaughn Fayle, Christine M. Bochen, Michael
A. Brennan, Donald Grayston.
(Photograph by Margaret Brennan)
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Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved.
