seasonal1999

International Thomas Merton Society

Bellarmine University

The Merton Seasonal -

The Spring 1999 issue, Vol. 24, No.1 included:

Rice, Edward. "Starting a Magazine: A Guide for the Courageous - The Short, Happy Life of Jubilee." 3-7.
Merton, Thomas. "The Death of a Holy Terror: The Strange Story of Frere Pascal." 8-11.
O'Sullivan, Eamonn D. "Lines to a Monk (An Entertainment) [poem] With a Response by Thomas Merton." 12-14.
Kelty, Matthew, OCSO. "Touched by Fire: An Anniversary Homily." 15-17.
Burton, Patricia A. "A Waste of Level Snow." [poem] 18-19.
Keeler, Robert F. "Mapping Merton Through Blake." Rev. of Heretic Blood: The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton by Michael Higgins. 20-22.
Levering, Philip. "Holy Editorial Foibles!" Rev. of Holy Folly: Short and Tall Tales from the Abbey of Gethsemani by Paul Quenon, OCSO, Guerric Plante, OCSO, and Timothy Kelly, OCSO. 23-24.
Kilgore, Diane L. "Early Merton for Early Morning." Rev. of Mornings with Thomas Merton compiled by John C. Blattner. 25-26.

The Summer 1999 issue, Vol. 24, No.2 included:

Ligo, Vivian. "Bystander at the Abyss: A Contemplative's Vision of Liberation." 3-9.
Pearson, Paul M. "Inseeing and Outgazing: The Shared Vision of Thomas Merton and Rainer Maria Rilke." 10-17.
Ginn, Robert. "The Paradox of Solitude: Jack Kerouac and Thomas Merton." 18-26.
Thurston, Bonnie. "Thomas Merton's Works and Days." Rev. of Merton Vade Macum: A Quick Reference Bibliographic Handbook by Patricia Burton. 31-32.
Deignan, Kathleen, CND. "Merton Made Audible." Rev. of Heretic Blood: An Audiobiography. 33-35.
Grip, Bob. "Looking for Faith in all the Wrong Places." Rev. of Running to the Mountain: A Journey of Faith and Change by Jon Katz. 36-37.

The Fall 1999 issue, Vol. 24, No.3 included:

Del Prete, Thomas. "The Geography of Nowhere: Living Beyond Boundaries." 3-8.
Johnson, Jeffrey. "Remembering Father Louis." [poem] 9.
Paguio, Erlinda. "A Country Whose Center is Everywhere: Merton at the Mim Tea Estate." 10-17.
McMillan, Alan. "Kangchenjunga." [poem] 18.
Noffsinger, John. "New Seeds of Contemplation and John Keats' 'Vale of Soul-Making'." 19-23.
Inchausti, Robert. "An Ironic Success Story." Rev. of Catholics and American Culture by Mark S. Massa, SJ.
Callaghan, Michael. CM. "Windows on Merton and His World." Rev. of The Merton Annual, Volume 11 edited by George Kilcourse.
Tuoti, Frank. "A Rich Panorama of Monastic Life." Rev. of The Abbey of Gethsemani: Place of Peace and Paradox by Dianne Aprile. 32-34.

The Winter 1999 issue, Vol. 24, No.4 included:

Merton, Thomas. "A Great Voyage." Introduced and Transcribed by Paul M. Pearson. 3-6.
Thurston, Bonnie. "Two Poems." [poem] 7-8.
Weiss, Monica, SSJ. "Ishi Means Man: Book Reviews that Critique Society." 9-13.
King, John. "Two Poems." [poem] 14.
Schiffhorst, Gerald J. "Entering Merton's 'Friendly Communion of Silence'." 15-18.
Graham, Terry. "Telling the Untold Story." Rev. of Merton and Sufism: The Untold Story edited by Rob Baker and Gray Henry. 20-25.
LeBeau, Dorothy. "A 'World' Divided in Two." Rev. of Contemplation in a World of Action (revised edition) by Thomas Merton and Solitude and Love of the World by Thomas Merton. 26-28.
Belcastro, David. "Reaping the Whirlwind." Rev. of Thomas Merton: Poet, Monk, Prophet edited by Paul M. Pearson, Danny Sullivan and Ian Thomson. 29-31.