A number of journals and periodicals are dedicating issues, or parts of issues, to Thomas Merton on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of his death:   

• "Merton & Blake, Revisited" Commonweal (December 8, 2018) by Michael W. Higgins.

• "Why should anyone care about Thomas Merton today?" National Catholic Reporter (December 10, 2018) by Daniel P. Horan, OFM.

• "This Advent, take a lesson from Thomas Merton" U. S. Catholic (December 3, 2018) by Steven P. Millies.