ITMS 15th General Meeting
Conference Timetable
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Thursday, June 15 | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Trip to Cottage for Registered Participants | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Registration begins (Quick Center Lobby) | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Mass (University Chapel) | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Opening Sessions - First Timers' Orientation (Swan Board Room) - ITMS Chapters Workshop (Swan 109) - Creating a Community of Merton Scholars (Swan 209) - Emerging Scholars (Swan 203) - Merton at St. Bonaventure (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:30 p.m. | General Session: Robert Lax: In His Own Words (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Presidential Address: Michael W. Higgins (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Opening Dinner (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 9:00 p.m. | Night Prayer (Grotto) | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Social (Swan Patio) | |
| Friday, June 16 | ||
| 7-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 7:30-8 a.m. | Morning Meditation (University Chapel) | |
| 8:45 a.m. | General Session: Scott Russell Sanders: "Reading Merton in the Rain." (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and the Carmelite Tradition (Swan 109) - Merton at St. Bonaventure (Rigas Theatre) - Merton and Inter-Religious Pilgrimage (Swan 209) - Workshop: The Enlightened Teacher: An Inquiry into a Contemplative Curriculum (Swan 103) - Performance: In Pursuit of Silence (Swan 203) - Prayer: Overshadowed by Mercy: Thomas Merton and Pope Francis on Experiencing and Sharing God's Mercy (Ministry Center) | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Eucharist (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 12-1:30 p.m. | Lunch (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 1:45 p.m. | General Session: M. Shawn Copeland: "The Watchmen and the Witnesses: Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King and the Exercise of the Prophetic." (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Contemplative Life (Rigas Theatre) - Prophetic Voices (Swan 109) - Merton, Mercy and Wisdom (Swan 103) - Workshop: Merton and the Merciful Gaze as a Creative Act (Swan 203) - Performance: Merton at St. Bonaventure - Campus Walk (Meet at Library) - Prayer: Merton's Love of the Natural World and His Sense of the Sacred: A Meditation (Swan 209) | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Ecumenical Vespers (University Chapel) | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 7:00 p.m. | General Session: Michael N. McGregor: "Harpo and the Clown of God: The Seven-Storied Friendship of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax." (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Concert: James D'Angelo and Scott Dispensa (Rigas Theatre) | |
| Saturday, June 17 | ||
| 7-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Silent Meditation (University Chapel) | |
| 8:45 a.m. | General Session: Luke Timothy Johnson: "The Formation of Monastic Mercy in the Magnificat and Benedictus." (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions: - Merton: Revelation and Redemption (Swan 209) - Merton and Foolish Mercy (Swan 109) - Communication and Communion (Swan 203) - Workshop: Spirituality of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax through Movement and Music (Rigas Theatre) - Performance: . . .saturated with the dew of mercy. . . Bernard, to his beloved son, Thomas (Trustees Room) - Prayer: A Muslim/Christian Peace Pilgrimage with Thomas Merton (Ministry Center) | |
| 12-1:30 p.m. | Lunch (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Merciful Praxis (Swan 103) - Merton and Formation for Mercy (Rigas Theatre) - Merton, Mysticism and Mercy (Swan 109) - Workshop: Allowing Landscape to Nudge Us to Prayer: The Power of Place (Trustees Room) - Performance: In Pursuit of Silence (Swan 203) - Guided Prayer (Swan 209) | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Literary Figures (Swan 103) - Merton and Artistic Expression (Swan 203) - Merton and Archaic Wisdom (Swan 109) - Workshop: Merton, the Catholic Peace Fellowship and Peacemaking as an Apostolic Work of Mercy (Trustees Room) - Performance: Merton at St. Bonaventure - Campus Walk (Meet at Library) - Performance: Merton's Death Seen from the Homegrounds (Rigas Theatre) - Prayer: Sturgeon Bay Sunset: A Prayer Service of Silence, Music, and Words Inspired by Christopher Pramuk and Thomas Merton (Swan 209) | |
| 5:00 p.m. | ITMS Town Meeting (Rigas Theatre) | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Conference Banquet (Hickey Dining Hall) Benediction: Presentation of "Louie" Awards (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| Sunday, June 18 | ||
| 7-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Hickey Dining Hall) | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Eucharist (University Chapel) | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Celebrating 30 Years of ITMS (Trustees Room) | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Conference Close | |