The Winter-Spring 1983 issue, Vol. 8, No.1 included:

• Daggy, Robert E. "Editorial: Mei Teng, The Silent Lamp: Thomas Merton and China." 2, 9.

• Lee, Cyrus. "Thomas Merton's Imitation of Chuang Tzu." 3-8.

• Wu, John Chin Hsung. "Reading Father Merton's The Way of Chuang Tzu." [poem] 7.

• Ledbetter, J.T. "In Memoriam for Thomas Merton" and "Gethsemani Trappist, Kentucky." [poem] 10-11.

The Summer 1983 issue, Vol. 8, No.2 included:

• Daggy, Robert E. "Editorial: Journey to Publication: Bringing Woods, Shore, Desert into Print." 2-3.

• Cooper, David D. "'That I Should Die Under Lesser Trees.'" Rev. of Woods, Shore, Desert: A Notebook, May 1968 by Thomas Merton. 4-7.

• "Elderhostel, Elderhostel, Elderhostel: A Week With Thomas Merton, June 26 - July 2, 1983 ." 8-9.

• Weishaus, Joel. "Mountain Haiku." [poem] 10.

The Fall 1983 issue, Vol. 8, No.3 included:

• Daggy, Robert E. "Editorial: Merton: The 'Canadian Connection'." 2-3.

• Grayston, Donald. "Thomas Merton and Family Violence." 4-7.

• Shannon, William H. "A Review." Rev. of Thomas Merton: Pilgrim in Process edited by Donald Grayston and Michael W. Higgins. 8-9.

• "Thomas Merton Symposium." 10.