International Thomas Merton Society
Bellarmine University
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Registration begins |
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2:00 p.m.
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Opening Sessions I: - First Timers' Orientation - Merton: Monasticism East and West - Researching Merton - Emerging Scholars I |
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3:30 p.m. |
Opening Sessions II: - Chapters Workshop - Merton and the Challenge of Technology - Merton and Inspiration for Ministry - Emerging Scholars II |
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5:00 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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6:00 p.m.
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Banquet |
8:00 p.m. |
Entertainment |
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Friday, June 10 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Morning Meditation |
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9:00 a.m. |
Springboard Session:
Robert F. Morneau "Thomas Merton: Pilgrim of the Desert and City – Steward and Evangelist of God's Word" |
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10:30 a.m.
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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 |
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12:00 p.m. |
Mass |
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12:00-1:30 |
Lunch |
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1:45 p.m. |
General Session: Martin E. Marty |
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3:30 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Poetic Imagination - Merton and Marxism - Merton: Desert and City - Workshop: Another Door To Contemplation - Prayer: Doing Lectio with Thomas Merton |
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5:15 p.m. |
Meditation: |
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6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
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8:00 p.m. |
Keynote Address: Esther de Waal "The Celtic Threads of Thomas Merton's Life" |
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Saturday, June 11 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Morning Meditation |
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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 |
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10:30 a.m.
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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 |
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12:00 noon |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m.
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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 |
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3:15 p.m.
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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 |
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5:00 p.m. |
ITMS Town Meeting |
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6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
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8:00 p.m. |
Thomas Merton’s Celestial and Urban Music: A concert of Thomas Merton’s Poetry Set to Music |
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Sunday, June 12 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Meditation |
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8:45 a.m. |
General Session: Merton & Dorothy Day: - Robert Ellsberg - Tom Cornell - Rosalie Riegle |
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10:30 a.m. |
Closing Liturgy: James Conner, OCSO. |
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12:00 noon |
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