Merton 100: Living the Legacy
Conference Timetable
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Thursday, June 4
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10:00
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Registration begins |
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2:00
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Opening Sessions
- First Timers' Orientation
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ITMS Chapters Workshop
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Creating a Community of Merton Scholars
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Emerging Scholars |
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3:30 p.m.
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General Session:
"The Many Lives
and Last Days of Thomas Merton ." |
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5:00 p.m.
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Evening Prayer |
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6:30 p.m.
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Presidential Address:
David J. Belcastro
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7:00 p.m.
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Kentucky
Buffet
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Friday, June 5
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7:30 a.m.
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Morning
Meditation
Dick Sisto
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8:45 a.m.
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General Session:
James Finley
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10:30 a.m.
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Concurrent
Sessions:
- Merton and Personhood
- Merton and Environmental
Responsibility
- Merton and the Inner Journey
- Merton and
Dialogue with Asia
- Workshop:
Passing on the Legacy:
Studying and Teaching Thomas Merton
- Performance: Thomas Merton: Alive
at Fourth and Walnut
- Prayer: Praying in Gratitude for the
Church of Our Friends
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12:00 p.m.
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Mass |
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12:00-1:30
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Lunch |
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1:45
p.m.
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General Session:
Bryan N. Massingale
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3:30 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton and Discipleship
- Merton and
Liberation
- Merton and Poetry
- Merton and Zen
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Workshop: Consonantia: Poetry & Jazz as a Parable of the Soul
- Performance: A Contemplative Performance of Robert
Lax's Poetic Masterwork, Sea & Sky
- Prayer: The Spirituality of
Restlessness: Merton as a Model for 21st Century
Contemplative Life |
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5:15 p.m.
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Evening Prayer |
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6:00 p.m.
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Dinner |
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8:00 p.m.
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General Session:
Rt. Rev. Rowan Williams |
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Saturday, June 6
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7:30 a.m.
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Silent Meditation
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7:30 a.m.
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Bird Walk
Gerard Koehn
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8:45 a.m.
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General Session:
Christine M. Bochen
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10:30 a.m.
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Concurrent
Sessions:
- Merton and the Contemplative Pause
- Merton,
Politics, and Progress
- Merton and Church
- Merton as
Educational Model
- Workshop: Merton, Arasteh and Final
Integration: Exploring Personal Paths to Spiritual Growth and
Maturity
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Performance: Gloria Mundi
- Prayer: Merton: In His Own
Voice
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12:00 noon
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Lunch
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1:30 p.m.
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Concurrent
Sessions:
- Merton and Living Contemplatively
- Merton,
Writers, and Saints
- Merton and Racism
- Merton and
Interfaith Dialogue
- Merton and Historical Rebels
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Workshop: How Does an Apple Ripen? Merton, Mepkin, and Contemplative
Aging
- Performance: 'What is this terrific importance that
memory seems to have for me?’ The Memory Palace of Thomas Merton
- Prayer: Simple Gifts: Meditating with the Legacy of Thomas Merton
and the Shakers |
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3:15 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton and Gender
- Merton and
Peace
- Merton and Living in the World
- Merton and Meaning
- Workshop: Thomas Merton: Inviting the Edges of Awe - A
Meditative Workshop
- Performance: Shadow Theatre of the Grand
Sneeze
- Prayer: The Echo of an Echo of a Voice Piercing the
Silence: A Prayer Service of Silence, Music, and Words Inspired
by Thomas Merton and Abraham Joshua Heschel
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5:00 p.m.
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ITMS Town
Meeting |
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7:00 p.m.
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Conference
Banquet
Presentation of "Louie" Awards
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Sunday, June 7
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7:30 a.m.
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Meditation |
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8:45
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General Session:
Merton and Interfaith Dialogue
- Sidney Griffith
- Edward
K. Kaplan
- Bonnie Thurston
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10:30 a.m.
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Closing Liturgy |
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12:00 noon
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Lunch & Departure
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