The Spring 1997 issue, Vol. 22, No.1 included:

• Merton, Thomas. "The Angel and the Machine." 3-6.

• Flournoy, Judith. "Thomas Merton and the Shakers." 7-11.

• Shannon, William H. "Can One be a Contemplative in a Technological Society?" 12-20.

• Ledbetter, J.T. "Six Poems." [poem] 21-25.

• Dear, John. "Merton's Turn to the World, and Ours." Rev. of Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years - The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 4: 1960-1963 edited by Victor A. Kramer. 26-30.

• Quenon, Paul, OCSO. "We Have to Regain Our Sense of Being." Rev. of Striving Towards Being: Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz edited by Robert Faggen. 31-32.

• Montaldo, Jonathan. "Sowing a Future for Contemplative Spirituality." Rev. of Seeds of Peace: Contemplation and Non-Violence by William H. Shannon. 33.

The Summer 1997 issue, Vol. 22, No.2 included:

• Merton, Thomas. "My Visits to the Secular Bookhouse." 3-4.

• Ryan, Gregory J. "'Kindred Spirits': Boris Pasternak and Thomas Merton." 5-12.

• Henken, Ted. "Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Merton: The Transformation of Individual Experience into Universal Myth." 13-22.

• Murphy, Robert. "Four Poems." [poem] 23-24.

• Weber, Richard (Columban), OCSO. "Merton in Motion." Rev. of Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage - The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 5: 1963-1965 edited by Robert E. Daggy. 25-26.

• Norris, Kathleen. "Refreshing Springs." Rev. of The Springs of Contemplation: A Retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani by Thomas Merton edited by Jane Marie Richardson, SL. 27-28.

The Fall 1997 issue, Vol. 22, No.3 included:

• O'Connell, Patrick F. "Merton on the Eve of the Third Millennium." 3-9.

• Chura, Walt, SFO. "The Seeds of Thomas Merton: On Staying Put and Changing Your Life." 10-16.

• Lewis, Gloria Kitto. "Thomas Merton: Strategies of a Master Teacher of Poetry." 17-20.

• Doriot, Jeanne, SP. "Six Poems." [poem] 21-22.

• Nugent, Don Christopher. "A Labor of Mutual Self-Completion." Rev. of Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters edited by David D. Cooper. 23-26.

• Hill, Robert. "Imagination and Catholicism: A Contradiction?" Rev. of The Catholic Imagination and American Literature by Ross Labrie. 27-29.

The Winter 1997 issue, Vol. 22, No.4 included:

• "In Memoriam: Robert E. Daggy (1940-1997)." 3-4.

• Mahoney, Timothy. "Thomas Merton's New Seeds of Contemplation: Revolutionary Happiness, Contemplation, and Solitude." 5-10.

• Paguio, Erlinda G. "Thomas Merton and the Psalms." 11-20.

• King, John E. "Finding the Merton Bibliographies: Identifying the Source Documents." 21-26.

• McDonnell, Chris. "Four Poems." [poem] 27-30.

• Fullerton, Timothy. "Old Desires and New." Rev. of Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom - The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 6: 1966-1967 edited by Christine M. Bochen. 31-34.

• Thurston, Bonnie B. "The Rebel in Merton." Rev. of "Something of a Rebel:" Thomas Merton, His Life and Works - An Introduction by William H. Shannon. 35-37.

• Grip, Robert. "Prayerful Encounter." Rev. of The Gethsemani Encounter: A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics edited by Donald W. Mitchell and James Wiseman, OSB. 38-39.