International Thomas Merton Society

Bellarmine University


With Roots in Eternity:
Merton, the Desert and the City

Conference Timetable


Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Thursday, June 9


10:00 a.m.


Registration begins

2:00 p.m.


Opening Sessions I:
- First Timers' Orientation
- Merton: Monasticism East and West
- Researching Merton
- Emerging Scholars I
 

3:30 p.m.


Opening Sessions II:
- Chapters Workshop
- Merton and the Challenge of Technology
- Merton and Inspiration for Ministry
- Emerging Scholars II
 

5:00 p.m.


Evening Prayer
 

6:00 p.m.

Banquet
Presidential Address: Robert G. Grip
Presentation of 2011 Louie Awards

8:00 p.m.


Entertainment
 
   

Friday, June 10

7:30 a.m.


Morning Meditation
 

9:00 a.m.

Springboard Session:
Robert F. Morneau
"Thomas Merton: Pilgrim of the Desert and City –
Steward and Evangelist of God's Word"

10:30 a.m.


Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton: Vision and Revision
- Merton’s Mysticism: City and Cosmos
- Merton: Shaping a Culture of Justice
- Merton and the Education of the Heart
- Workshop: A Signed Confession of Crimes Against the State
- Prayer: The Paradox of Place
 

12:00 p.m.

Mass

12:00-1:30

Lunch

1:45 p.m.


General Session:
Martin E. Marty
 

3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton and Poetic Imagination
- Merton and Marxism
- Merton: Desert and City
- Workshop: Another Door To Contemplation
- Prayer: Doing Lectio with Thomas Merton
 

5:15 p.m.

Meditation:

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

8:00 p.m.


Keynote Address:
Esther de Waal
"The Celtic Threads of Thomas Merton's Life"
   

Saturday, June 11

7:30 a.m.


Morning Meditation
 

9:00 a.m.

General Session:
Douglas Burton-Christie
'And Yet We are Still in Paradise':
The Renewal of All Things in a Fragmented World

10:30 a.m.


Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton: Camus, Milosz, Hopkins
- Merton and Monastic Vision
- Merton and Contemporary Culture
- Workshop: Merton and Cuba: 1940, 1959, 1962
- Performance: Soul Friends: Merton and Modern Poets
- Prayer: Finding the Sky Within
 

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 p.m.


Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton and the Wild Ones
- Merton and Two Historical Voices
- Merton and the Human Community
- Workshop: Merton and the Marginalized
- Performance: Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin
- Prayer: Drawn into the Mystery
 

3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton in Correspondence
- Merton: Paradox and Struggle
- Merton and Ecology
- Workshop: Merton and Mission
- Performance: Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day: Pilgrims and Prophets of Peace
- Prayer: Seeing Through the Eyes of Thomas Merton
 

5:00 p.m.

ITMS Town Meeting

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

8:00 p.m.


Thomas Merton’s Celestial and Urban Music:
A concert of Thomas Merton’s Poetry Set to Music
   

Sunday, June 12

7:30 a.m.

Meditation

8:45 a.m.


General Session:
Merton & Dorothy Day:
- Robert Ellsberg
- Tom Cornell
- Rosalie Riegle
 

10:30 a.m.

Closing Liturgy:
James Conner, OCSO.

12:00 noon


Light Lunch & Departure
 

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