Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
The Thomas Merton Center is the official repository of Merton's artistic estate, which includes over thirteen hundred photographs and nine hundred drawings in addition to his writing. The Center archives more than fifty thousand Merton-related materials.
The International Thomas Merton Society, formed in 1987, includes chapters throughout the world. The ITMS promotes the study of Thomas Merton and, with the Merton Center, co-publishes The Merton Seasonal. The next ITMS Conference will be held in Fairfield, Connecticut from June 13 - 16, 2013.
8th Annual
Merton Black History Month Lecture
"On the Journey Forward: Merton and King as Important Guides"
Dorothy Cotton
February 26th, 2014
Spiritual Roots of Protest - 50th Anniversary Event
John Dear, S.J.; Jim Forest
October 24th - 25th, 2014
further details to follow...
The fourteenth general meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society will take place from June 4-7, 2015 at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.
Call for Papers:
http://merton.org/2015/