The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University



Reviews of:

Exile Ends in Glory; The Life of a Trappistine, Mother M. Berchmans, O.C.S.O.

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01Exile Ends in GloryA Trappist poet and writer reveals the hidden life of a French Trappistine who, self-exiled from her  America (26 February 1949).
1949
02MertonWhile most of us are at least remotely acquainted with the monks of the Cistercian Order of theUlrich, Francis J. Best Sellers [Scranton, PA] 8 (1 August 1948): 102-103. Francis J. Ullrich
1948
03Merton, Thomas"A biography of Mother Mary Berchmans, foundress of a Trappistine convent in Japan."Grennan, M. R.; Theodore Maynard Book Rev Digest (November 1949). Contains excerpts of reviews by M. R. Grennan and Theodore Maynard.
1949
04Poet Disappointing as BiographerIt is an extremely unpleasant task for anyone as enthusiastic as this reviewer about the CistercianMurray, Gerard M. Brooklyn Eagle (24 August 1948). Gerard M. Murray
1948
05Life of a French-Born NunA poet of range and power, Thomas Merton also writes in a restrained and simple prose style. He  Bulletin Philadelphia PA (1 August 1948).
1948
06Mother Marie BerchmansThis biography of the saintly French Trappistine, from the gifted pen of Thomas Merton, is an  Catholic Booklist Rosary College River Forest IL (1949).
1949
07Exile Ends in Glory for Mother Berchmans In Book by Poet MertonMost of us know something about the monks of the Cistercian Order of Strict Observance, better  Catholic Messenger (14 October 1948).
1948
08Exile Ends in Glory. The Life of a Trappistine. By Thomas Merton. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing CoThis book tells the story of Mother Mary Berchmans. Born in France in 1876 and educated at anGrennan, Margaret R. Catholic World 168 (October 1948): 87-88. Margaret R. Grennan
1948
09And A Poet's RecordWhile most of us are at least remotely acquainted with the monks of the Cistercian Order of theUlrich, Francis J. Chr Sc Monitor (29 October 1948).Francis J. Ulrich
1948
10 "Exile Ends in Glory," the life of a Trappistine, by Thomas Merton reveals the hidden life of Mother  E. Washingtonian Pomeroy, Wash (2 November 1950).
1950
11Mother BerchmansThomas Merton, avant-garde poet and Trappist monk, here ventures upon the field of hagiography, with  Journal Providence RI (15 August 1948). J.N.H.
1948
12"Exile Ends in Glory." By Thomas Merton. Published by Bruce Publishing Co. $3.Here is a highly satisfying book of deep spiritual significance. Its author, perhaps better knownBuchtal, Henry Louisville Times (6 August 1948). Henry Buchtal
1948
13Exile Ends in GloryThe Trappist poet and writer sets down the life story of a French Trappistine in exile from her own  Our Sunday Visitor (11 December 1949).
1949
14 Exile Ends in Glory, by one of the greatest living poets, Rev. Thomas Merton, OCSO, ($3.75), is the  Pilot Boston Mass (10 July 1948).
1948
15Exile Ends In GloryA Trappist poet and writer reveals the hidden life of a French Trappistine who, self-exiled from her  Publishers Weekly (26 February 1949).
1949
16Exile Ends In GloryA detailed picture of the Trappist way--a Cistercian convent from the inside--is presented in the  Retail Bookseller (May 1948).
1948
17Exile Ends in GloryEmulation of the exact life pattern of the saints, canonized or not, is dangerous for the layman andCaliri, Fortunata Sign 28 (September 1948): 51. Fortunata Caliri
1948
18Exile ends in GloryThe life of Mother Mary Berchmans, French Trappistine who left the convent of her profession to make  Visitor [Providence RI] (12 August 1948)
1948
19Book ReviewsDuring her lifetime complete obscurity cloaked the activities of Mother Berchmans; and, but for herMcNair, T.L. Review for Religious 7.6 (November 1948): 324-325. T.L. McNair
1948
20Kingdom of SufferingIt has been my good fortune, over the past few years, to read and review the poetry of Thomas MertonWolfe, Ann F. Saturday Review of Literature 31.41 (9 October 1948): 30. Ann F. Wolfe
1948
21 It is fitting that, just as the first Trappistine convent is being oraganized in old New England,Justin, Brother FSC Catholic Library World 20 (March 1949) : 199-200.
1949
22 When a Trappist monk writes a book it is news. When he writes many boooks in quick successionMaynard, Theodore Commonweal 48 (13 August 1948): 432.
1948
23 In the Trappist monastery in Gethsemane, Kentucky, Thomas Merton is known as Brother LouisMargaret, Helene Thought 24 (March 1949): 132-133.
1949
24In and Out of PrintExile Ends in Glory is another contributionJames, Mary, SSND The Pilot Boston Mass 119 (13 November 1948): 4.
1948
25Trappistines in JapanThis is the life of Mother Berchmans, a Trappistine who in the short span of thirty-nine years achieved what manyMeath, Gerard, O.P. Tablet [London] (24 November 1951): 10.
1951
26 Almost certainly this recent work of Thomas MertonK. M. Blackfriars 32 (December 1951): 615.
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