The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University



ITMS Chapters and Affiliates

The number and variety of programs carried out by various ITMS local and regional Chapters reflect the impact that Thomas Merton has on people of all ages, creeds, economic status, and geographic location. Listed below are Chapters (in the USA and overseas) and Affiliated Societies with the names of their Directors.

ITMS Chapters Coordinator:
Michael A. Brennan
4537 N. Melvina
Chicago, IL 60630-3013
E-mail: cc.itms@gmail.com

There is also an ITMS Group on Facebook.





 • ITMS CHAPTERS (U.S.A.)

Anchorage, AK 99507
Kathleen Tarr
Alaska Chapter of the ITMS
2303 East 52nd Avenue

ktarralaska@gmail.com 
907-306-3386


Birmingham, AL 35243
Mary Somerville
Birmingham Chapter of the ITMS
3316 Timber Ridge Drive
Vestavia Hills, AL 35243
newvista@bellsouth.net 



Fayetteville, AR 72703
John King 
NW Arkansas Thomas Merton Study Group
1923 E. Joyce Blvd. (Apt. 235)

pooch21@msn.com 



Sacramento, CA 95864
John Berger
Northern California Chapter of ITMS
3736 Laguna Way

bergerjh8@gmail.com 



LA Area - CA
Chris Machado, SSS
Holy Spirit Retreat Center
4316 Lanai Rd.
Encino, CA 91436
chris_testver@yahoo.com 



Boulder, CO 80306-4740
James F. Kettering
Leaders Network ITMS Chapter
PO Box 4740

leadersnet@comcast.net 



Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Rev. Roger Butts
Thomas Merton Society-Colorado Springs 


revrogerb@msn.com 
719-433-3135


Lakewood, CO 80212
Gerry Prus

2626 Osceola St., Apt. 802W
Denver, CO 80212 
prusgt@juno.com 



Granby, CT 06035
Mike Smoolca 

8 Tennyson Dr. 

msmoolca@hotmail.com 

www.invialumen.org/northctitms.html

Washington, DC
Maryle Ashley

9039 Sligo Creek Pkwy, Apt 1002
Silver Spring, MD  20901
tmsociety@fastmail.fm 

www.facebook.com/Thomas-Merton-Society-of-Washington-155831121105772/

Atlanta, GA
Maggie Winfrey 
Atlanta Merton Study Group 
6851 Roswell Road NE, Apt. K-4
Sandy Springs, GA 30328 
maggie.winfrey@gmail.com  
404-717-6815


Dubuque, IA 52001
Rev. Marilyn Hendricks
(prior meetings on Zoom, upcoming in-person TBA)


pastorhendricks@att.net 
847-987-1714


Chicago, IL 60630-3013
Michael A. Brennan

4537 N. Melvina

cc.itms@gmail.com 

https://ccitms.blogspot.com/

Rock Island, IL 61201-7649
Sr. Bobbi Bussan, OSB
Benet House Merton Discussion Group meets virtually the 3rd Monday of the month ($15/month suggested)
current members from: MO, IA, Peoria, IL and outside Rock Island

rbussan@smmsisters.org 
309-912-2218
www.smmsisters.org/retreats

Indianapolis, IN 46208
Virgil Boyd and Mark Hudson
Father Boniface Hardin Chapter


vibojr@gmail.com  markchudson@gmail.com



Louisville, KY 40205
Ellyn Crutcher

1717 Clayton Rd  

ellyncrutcher@aol.com 
502-592-1167
merton.org/ITMS/Louisville/

Trappist, KY 40051
Br. Paul Quenon, OCSO
Abbey of Gethsemani
3642 Monks Road

paulquenon@monks.org 



Shirley, MA 01464
Arthur Rogers - Catholic Chaplain
Massachusetts Correctional Institution -Shirley
PO Box 1218

 



Clinton Township, MI 48038
Mary T. Corcoran

43441  Pointe Dr.

mtcorcoran@wowway.com 



Grand Rapids, MI 49528-0104
Bill Murphy
Merton Society - Grand Rapids 
PO Box 120214 

bill@ThomasMertonSociety-GrandRapids.org 

ThomasMertonSociety-GrandRapids.org

Saint Louis, MO 63139
Rocco V. Erker
St. Louis Area Chapter
6242 Columbia Avenue

rocco@centerpointdr.com 
314-645-1500


New Albany, MS 38652
Rev. John H. Staggs

1146 L-5 C.R. 135E 

fatherlouis1@gmail.com 



Apex, NC 27523
Jack Arnold

1320 Holt Road 

jackarnold36@hotmail.com 



Wall, NJ 07719
Greg Ryan
St. Rose Parish Center, Belmar.
1619 Wight Street 

GJRyan@WCCM.org 



Santa Fe, NM 87501
Charles J. Flynn

561 Camino Tierra Alta

charlesflynn@hotmail.com 



Albany, NY 12205
Walt Chura

65 New Shaker Road 

wwchura@yahoo.com 



New Rochelle, NY 10801
Kathleen Deignan, CND
Iona College
715 North Ave

kdeignan@iona.edu 



New York, NY 10027
ITMS Chapter
Corpus Christi Church
529 W 121st St

info@thomasmertonnyc.org 

thomasmertonnyc.org

Rochester, NY 14618
Christine Bochen 
Nazareth College
4245 East Ave

 



Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Maryann Calendrille
Sag Harbor Merton Circle c/o Canio's Cultural Café
290 Main Street  

mac@caniosbooks.com or 
631-725-4926


Syracuse, NY 13208
Jim Krisher
Spiritual Renewal Center
1118 Court St, Suite B

jakrisher@gmail.com 



Copley, OH 44321
Deacon Robin Adair
Guardian Angels Church
1676 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd.

deacrobin@sbcglobal.net 



Greater Cincinnati, OH / Northern KY
Daniel Burr

226 Covington Ave
Covington, KY 41011 
burrda@uc.edu 



Cleveland, OH
Donna Kristoff, OSU

2600 Lander Road
Pepper Pike, OH 44124 
dkristoff@ursulinesisters.org 



Mt. Angel, OR 97362
Therese Schroeder-Sheker
The Chalice of Repose Project
PO Box 169

dean@chaliceofrepose.org 



Greater Philadelphia, PA and South Jersey Chapter
Frederick C. Pratt 

225 W Baltimore Ave 
Lansdowne, PA 19050 
fcpratt@yahoo.com 



Memphis, TN 38152
Gray Matthews
University of Memphis Dept. of Communications
3720 Alumni Ave

matthews@memphis.edu 



Seattle, WA 98105
Michael Lunde
Blessed Sacrament Church.
5050 8th Ave NE

mlunde64@gmail.com 



Green Bay / DePere, WI 54115
Pamela W. Proietti

St. Norbert Abbey
DePere, WI 54115
pproietti@luc.edu 



Charleston, WV 25311
Fr. Bill Petro
WV Institute for Spirituality
1601 Virginia Street E

frbpetro42@gmail.com 



 • ITMS CHAPTERS (Overseas)

Argentine Westlands Chapter
Dra. Marcela Raggio
Zapiola 1770

(5507) Mayor Drummond - Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza ARGENTINA
marcelaraggioo@yahoo.com.ar


Australia - Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Stewart Sharlow
12 Devon Street, Box Hill South

Victoria 3128 AUSTRALIA
australianthomasmertonsociety@gmail.com 


Australia - Sydney, NSW
Glenn Loughrey
1/3 Daintree Close

Banora Point NSW 2486 AUSTRALIA
redshoeswalking@bigpond.com.au


France
Christine Hicks
4, rue Victor Hugo

66500 Prades FRANCE



Lithuania
Augustė Žičkytė


LITHUANIA
a.zickyte@gmail.com


New Zealand
Sister Eleanor Capper RSJ
9/446 Ferry Road /
Woolston
Christchurch 8023 NEW ZEALAND
ecapper42@gmail.com


Norway
Ørjan Aarmo


NORWAY
orjan.aarmo@gmail.com
Phone: +47 91647480

Russia
Andrei Kirilenkov
12-215 prosp Marshal Zhukova

123308 Moscow RUSSIA
ankir57@mail.ru


South Africa - Johannesburg
Elmor van Staden
P.O. Box 7014 

Cresta, 2118. SOUTH AFRICA
Elmor.vanStaden@hds.com


 • ITMS AFFILIATED SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Belgium and Netherlands
Jan Glorieux  p/a secretary
Kapellestraat 53
B 8573 Tiegem
secretariaat@thomasmerton.nl 
www.thomasmerton.nl

Brazil
Cristóvão de Sousa Meneses Júnior
Estrada Almirante Paulo Meira, 8201
Petrópolis, RJ 25725-029
merton.br@gmail.com 
www.merton.org.br

Canada
Judith Hardcastle
Apt. 904, 108 E. 14th
North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2N3 
judithhardcastle@telus.net
www.merton.ca

England
Fiona Gardner.
4 Chilton Road,
Bath BA1 6DR.
fiona@chiltonbath.co.uk
www.thomasmertonsociety.org.uk

Germany
Detlev Cuntz
Margeritenstrasse 19B,
91074 Herzogenaurach,
detlev.cuntz@gmx.de


Ireland
Scott Peddie
2 Regent Gardens, Ballyclare,
Antrim BT39 9LF
scottpeddie@sky.com
mertonfellowshipireland.wordpress.com

Italy
Mario Zaninelli - mario.zaninelli@gmail.com
c/o Monastero di Fonte Avellana
61040 Serra sant'Abbondio (PU)- Italy
info@thomasmerton.eu
www.thomasmerton.eu

Korea
Young-suk Simon Moon 
Kangnam University, 40 kangnam-Ro, Kihung-gu,
Yong In, Gyonggi-do. 446-702. Korea.
smoon@kangnam.ac.kr


Poland
Krztsztof Bielawski
ul. Paulinska 8/10
31-065 Krakow
bielawsk@homini.com.pl


Spain
Fernando Beltran Llavador
C/Pico de Jalama, 11
37008 Salamanca
fdob@usal.es


Sweden
Lars Adolfsson 
Vansö Prästgård
645 92 Vansö
Lars.Adolfsson@svenskakyrkan.se

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