seasonal2009

International Thomas Merton Society

Bellarmine University

The Merton Seasonal -

The Spring 2009 issue, Vol. 34, No.1 included:

Forest, Jim. “Thomas Merton: Monk of the Undivided Church.” 3-11.
Baker, Kathleen. “Fastening Myself to the Page: Three Owen Merton Paintings, 1923” [poem] 12-13.
Thurston, Bonnie. “Thomas Merton and St. Paul.” 14-19.
Meade, Mark C. “Gethsemani Trappist Wake (Job's Lament.” [poem] 20.
Spencer, Thomas. “Joan Baez, Ira Sandperl, and Thomas Merton's Non-Violent Activism.” 21-28.
Berger, Rose Marie. “Personal, Prolific, Provocative.” Rev. of Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters, The Essential Collection edited by William H. Shannon and Christine M. Bochen. 29-32.
Brennan, Michael. “Guidebooks for the Contemplative Journey." Rev. of Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton, Booklets 3-8 edited by Jonathan Montaldo and Robert G. Toth. 33-36.
Ryan, Gregory J. “A Concert of Harmonious Voices.” Rev. of Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton edited by Morgan Atkinson and Jonathan Montaldo. 37-38.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 39-43.

The Summer 2009 issue, Vol. 34, No.2 included:

Merton, Thomas. “Your Will and Your Vocation.” 3-11.
Collins, John P. “A Passionist Friendship: Barnabas Ahern and Thomas Merton.” 17-29.
Lee, David. “Taking Merton to Work.” 31-35.
Deignan, Kathleen, CND. “A Common Ground of Simplicity.” Rev. of A Meeting of Angels: The Correspondence of Thomas Merton and Edward Deming and Faith Andrews. 36-38.
Sunderman, Marilyn, RSM. “Cultivating the Seed of Merton’s Hope.” Rev. of Seeds of Hope: Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Message / Semillas de Esperanza: El Mensaje Contemplativo de Thomas Merton edited by Fernando Beltrán Llavador and Paul M. Pearson. 39-40.
Waldron, Robert. “A Novel Perspective.” Rev. of Scherib by Bill Goodson. 41-42.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 43-47.

The Fall 2009 issue, Vol. 34, No.3 included:

Grayston, Donald. "Monastic in His Own Way: Thomas Merton and Leonard Cohen." 3-9.
Stewart, M.L. "Nazareth Window." [poem] 10.
Shannon, William H. "Corpus Christi 2009: Closing Homily of the ITMS Eleventh General Meeting June 14, 2009." 11-13.
Culliford, Larry. "Corpus Christi (for Bill Shannon)." 14-15.
Schiffhorst, Gerald J. "On the Threshold of Silence: Thomas Merton and the Act of Reading." 16-21.
McMillan, Allan M. “Continuing the Conversation.” Rev. of The Merton Annual Volume 21 edited by David Belcastro and Gray Matthews. 22-24.
Reilly, Richard. "Bystanding and Authenticity in the Professions." Rev. of Professional Morality and Guilty Bystanding: Merton's Conjectures and the Value of Work by Barry L. Padgett. 25-26.
Milton, Sheila. "Old Truths and New Myths." Rev. of Thomas Merton: Contemplative and Peace-maker by Ashley Beck. 27-30.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 31-35.

The Winter 2009 issue, Vol. 34, No.4 included:

Merton, Thomas. "Christian Worship and Social Reform." 3-11.
Thurston, Bonnie. "Advent Comes to a Cistercian House." [poem] 12.
De Trinis, Randall. "A Novice and His Master." 13-27.
Ledbetter, J. T. "The Cross on the Mountain." 28.
Mahon, J. Patrick. "Merton on Greed and the Economic Crisis." 29-35.
Srubas, Rachel M. “The Gospel without Fanfare.” Rev. of The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 4 by Thomas Merton, edited with an introduction by Patrick F. O’Connell. 37-39.
Forest, Jim. "Beyond the Shadow and Disguise?" Rev. of Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair That Set Him Free by Mark Shaw. 40-42.
Dart, Ron. "Getting to Know the General." Rev. of Dom Gabriel Sortais: An Amazing Abbot in Turbulent Times by Guy Oury, OSB. 43-44.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 45-47.