Forthcoming Events
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Thomas Merton with the Road Scholar Program
October 13-18, 2013. -
Tibetan Sacred Sand Mandala by the Monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery
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Visit of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
A Hidden Wholeness: The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton - May 7th-June 2nd, 2013.
Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama - Special Exhibit - April 29th-June 2nd, 2013. -
Thomas Merton and the Second Vatican Council - Fall 2013 Lecture Series
October 9th, 16th, 30th and November 6th, 2013. -
Thirteenth General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society
June 13th - 16th, 2013 - Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT.
Thomas Merton with Road Scholar Program
Road Scholar Program "Week with Thomas Merton"
The Fall 2013 Merton Road Scholar [elderhostel] week will take place from Sunday 13th October until Friday 18th October, 2013 - this program is currently fully booked with a waiting list. For further details contact Linda Bailey on (502) 272 8161 or by e-mail: lbailey@bellarmine.edu or visit the Road Scholar website.
The Spring 2014 Merton Road Scholar [elderhostel] week will take place from Sunday 16th March until Friday 21st March, 2014.
Tibetan Sacred Sand Mandala of compassion
by the Monks of
Drepung Gomang Monastery
Between November 26th and December 3rd, 2012 monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery created a Sacred Sand Mandala of Compassion at the Thomas Merton Center.
The Sacred Sand Mandala of Compassion
at the
Thomas Merton Center
Photographs taken during the construction of the Mandala can be viewed on the
Facebook pages of the International Thomas Merton Society at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151181430768311&type=1
Thomas Merton and the Second Vatican Council
Hilary's, Horrigan Hall, Bellarmine University
Free and Open to the Public
Thomas Merton and Pope John XXIII
by Michael W. Higgins
October 9th, 2013 - 7 pm
Michael W. Higgins is vice-president for Mission and
Catholic Identity at Sacred Heart University, the author of
dozens of books including
Genius Born of Anguish: The Life and
Legacy of Henri Nouwen, and
Heretic Blood: The Spiritual
Geography of Thomas Merton. He co-edited the recently published
collection
Vatican II: A Universal Call to Holiness and is the
official biographer of Henri Nouwen.
Thomas Merton, Vatican II and
Women Religious
by Bonnie B.
Thurston
October 16th, 2013 - 7 pm
Bonnie B. Thurston is a founding member, past
president and board member of the ITMS. She was ordained by the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and was professor of New
Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She edited
Merton and Buddhism (2007),
Hidden in the Same Mystery:
Thomas Merton and Loretto
(2010) and
Thomas Merton on Eastern Meditation
(2012) and has written eighteen
books on scripture and on spirituality. She lives quietly
in
her home state,
West Virginia.
Vulnerable Prophets:
Thomas Merton, Abraham Joshua Heschel and
Vatican II
by
Edward K. Kaplan
October 30th, 2013 - 7 pm
Edward K. Kaplan is Kevy and
Hortense Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities at Brandeis
University where he teaches
French, comparative literature, and religion.
His two volume biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel -
Abraham Joshua
Heschel: Prophetic Witness
and
Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua
Heschel in America, 1940-1972 -
is published by Yale University
Press.
The Impact of Thomas Merton and Vatican II on the
Church
By Anthony T. Padovano
November 6th, 2013 - 7 pm
Anthony T. Padovano holds doctorates and
professorships in theology and literature. He is the author of
twenty-nine books including
The Human Journey: Thomas Merton, Symbol
of a Century
and
Thomas Merton: Becoming Who You Are,
along with
three award-winning plays,
Conscience and Conflict,
translated into nine languages. He has
been visiting professor at twenty-five American colleges and
universities, lectures world-wide and appears regularly in the media
on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Paradox of Place: Thomas Merton's Photography
The exhibit of Merton's photographs celebrating the 40th Anniversary
(1963-2003) of the Thomas Merton Collection at Bellarmine University is
now a permanent exhibit displayed in the W. L. Lyons Brown Library on
the Bellarmine University campus. This exhibit focuses on the places
Merton visited in his final travels of 1968 including California, Alaska
and Asia and the contrast with his photographs of Gethsemani and his
hermitage.
Financial assistance is needed to
assist with funding these special events at the Thomas Merton Center. If
you would be interested in assisting with funding, or becoming a major
sponsor for one of these events please contact:
Dr Paul Pearson on
(502) 272 8177 or by e-mail:
pmpearson@bellarmine.edu