Tuesdays With Merton

A webinar series presented by the International Thomas Merton Society, and cosponsored by the Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union, on the second Tuesday of each month. Free and open to the public. Registration required.

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Upcoming Tuesdays with Merton

Marcela Raggio. Merton and Latin America. September 8, 2026 - 7 pm EST. REGISTER
Eric Martin. October 13, 2026 - 7 pm EST.
D. Brendan Johnson and Calvin Gross. November 10, 2026 - 7 pm EST.
Gary P. Hall. "Thomas Merton and Advent." December 8, 2026 - 7 pm EST.

MARCELA RAGGIO

Merton and Latin America.

September 8, 2026, 7 PM. EST

Marcela Raggio is professor of American Literature at Cuyo National University in Mendoza, Argentina. At Argentina’s National Council for Research, she has specialized in comparative literature and translation studies, focusing on Thomas Merton and how his writings and contacts with Latin American writers are key to a fruitful dialogue between North and South America. She organized two biannual Argentine Thomas Merton Conferences and edited a bilingual volume on Thomas Merton. She is also author of the volume Thomas Merton, El Monje Traductor and has published in The Merton Seasonal and The Merton Annual, along with other academic journals. She is an international advisor to the ITMS Board.

ERIC MARTIN

October 13, 2026, 7 PM. EST

Eric Martin teaches on the Bible, social movements, and theology at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA. He is the author of The Writing on the Wall Signs of Faith against Fascism and co-editor of The Berrigan Letters: Personal Correspondence Between Daniel and Philip Berrigan and part of the Catholic Worker community.

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Jessica Sun. "Rain and the Rhinoceros: Advent in Palestine and Journeying with Justice." May 12, 2026.

Byron D. Wratee. The Sound of the Genuine "True Self": Thomas Merton, Howard Thurman, and Mystical Anthropology.

John Dickerson. Finding Thomas Merton on the Campaign Trail.

Megan Way. Economics and Merton: Developing the Negatives.

Jordan T. Jones. Thomas Merton meets James Cone: A Conversation That Never Happened.

Judith Valente. In Their Own Words: The Monks Who Knew Merton.

Harley Matthews. Merton and the Protestant Tradition.

Vincent Pizzuto. Delicious Tranquility: Near-Death Experiences and the Quietud Sabrosa.

Ryan Bell. Pilgrims in a Polarized Church: Thomas Merton and Raymond Hunthausen.

Ed Sellner. Kindred Spirits: Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, and Zen.

Sarah Fuller and Becky McIntyre. Merton as Visual Artist and Creating Socially Conscious Art in the 21st Century.

James Finley. Being A Healing Presence in a Wounded and Traumatized World.

Rose Marie Berger. The Church Has No Weapons: Merton's Influence on Catholic Nonviolence.

Abbi Fraser. Merton in the Maryhouse Kitchen.

Fr. William Hart McNichols & Christopher Pramuk. Offering Christ to a Broken World: Merton’s Advent Tidings of Great Joy.

Steven P. Millies. Merton with Milosz and Pasternak: Artistic Avenues of Faithful Resistance in Authoritarian Times.

Gray Matthews. Contemplative Mayhem.

Julie Leininger Pycior. Despite Everything and Because Everything Is at Stake: Bearing Witness with the Help of Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day.

David Odorisio. Lessons from the Lost Coast: Exploring Thomas Merton in California.

Robert Ellsberg. 'It's the Direction that Matters': How Sister Wendy Beckett Changed Her Mind about Merton.

Sophfronia Scott. Courageous Conversations on Death with Thomas Merton.

Leslye Colvin. Merton: An Invitation to Unbind Him and Ourselves.

Anne Pearson. White Man Writing on Racism: Thomas Merton and "Letters to a White Liberal".

Ilia Delio, OSF. Merton's Christophany and the Second Axial Monk.

Cassidy Hall. Queering Thomas Merton.

Mark C. Meade. The Seven Storey Mountain at Seventy-Five: Classic or Déclassé.

Jim Robinson. Spirituality, Sustainability, and Social Justice: Embodying “Integral Ecology” with Thomas Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.

Patrick F. O'Connell. Beyond the Blurbs: Thomas Merton and St. Augustine.

Mary Frohlich, RSCJ. Merton as Disciple and Re-interpreter of St. John of the Cross.

Bob Grip. Washington Watches the Monk II.

Emma McDonald. Fully Human and Fully Real: Thomas Merton on Technology and Embodiment.

David Golemboski. People that God Has Brought Together: Thomas Merton on the Hope of Political Community Beyond Nationalism.

Alan Kolp. Partners in the General Dance of the Spirit: Thomas Merton and Ilia Delio Evolving into the Grandeur of God.

Julianne E. Wallace. Of Messengers of Peace: A Liturgy for Our World in the Voices of Merton and Francis.

Daniel P. Horan, OFM. True and False Love: Thomas Merton's Spirituality of the Restless.

Malgorzata Poks. The Geography of Lograire as Thomas Merton’s Ultimate Autobiography.

Gordon Oyer. Re-Visioning a Fragmented World: Learnings through Merton’s Letters on Social Change.

Deborah Kehoe. Thomas Merton and Southern Writing.

Gregory K. Hillis. What Does Thomas Merton Have to Tell Us About Catholic Identity?

Steven P. Millies. Our Crisis of Authority and Thomas Merton.

Doug Hertler. Merton, You, and Me: The Reality of Life in the Paschal Mystery.

Paul M. Pearson. “I love beer, and, by that very fact, the world.” The Humor (and Humanity) of Thomas Merton.

Kathleen Tarr. From the Inner Frontier to the Last Frontier: Thomas Merton's Alaska Journey.

James Martin, SJ. Prayer and Thomas Merton: A Conversation with James Martin, SJ.

Sophfronia Scott. The Radio of Nature: Merton's Tuning Into God Outdoors.

Judith Valente. Why We Still Read and Need Thomas Merton: A Personal Journey.

Lynn R. Szabo. Poetry as Spiritual Direction with Thomas Merton and Denise Levertov.

Jim Forest. An Army that Sheds No Blood: Thomas Merton’s Response to War.

Michael W. Higgins. Merton and David Jones: Visionaries Both.

Kathleen Deignan, CND. Overshadowed: Thomas Merton and The Cloud of Unknowing.

Bryan N. Massingale. Merton, Malcolm X, and Catholic Engagement with Black Lives Matter.

Christine M. Bochen. Created for Joy: Becoming Who We Are, Together.

Jim Finley. Turning to Thomas Merton as a Trustworthy Guide in the Gentle Art of Contemplative Living.

Jonathan Montaldo. Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Exercises for Entering the School of Our Lives.

Christopher Pramuk. What Does God's Gender Have to Do with It? Merton's Awakening to the Feminine Divine.

Bonnie Thurston. “...almost as if I had a sister”: Thomas Merton & Etta Gullick.

Daniel P. Horan, OFM. Thomas Merton and Black Lives Matter: Spirituality and Racial Justice for Our Time.