Merton despaired, fearing he might never become a priest. Rather than return to Columbia, Merton taught for 18 months at St. Bonaventure, a university in the scenic Allegheny Mountains.

There has been a tendency to ignore the final conferences that Merton gave in Alaska in the autumn of 1968 but these conferences sum up Merton’s time tried insights and wisdom on contemplation ...

Nukes, contemplation and vocation: An introduction to Thomas Merton for young Catholics Jesuitical March 25, 2022 (cistercaminante/Flickr photo) ...

We may leave Thomas Merton — or Father Louis, as I would call him now — to the “higher pleasures” of mystical contemplation. Those who know a little of the theory of these things will envy ...

May 28, 2016 Dearest Robert, I must confess to you that I have never met a real contemplative who found Merton useful. That he should write about prayer and yet in his journals show such a ...

Events are planned around the world, including Vancouver, to celebrate the 100th anniversary the late monk Thomas Merton's birthday on Jan. 31. To explain who Merton was, On the Coast spoke with ...

October 29, 2015 Presenter: Colleen M. Griffith In an age of unrest and distraction, Thomas Merton poses many challenges to contemporary culture, inviting a deeper sense of the human, a broadened ...

And the "master of the mystical life" is Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk and spiritual writer who died 50 years ago today, Rohr said in a keynote address at a conference marking the half-century ...

Events are planned around the world, including Vancouver, to celebrate the 100th anniversary the late monk Thomas Merton's birthday on Jan. 31. Merton is still revered by many today.