Thomas Merton’s quote “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree” is a timeless lesson on authenticity, self-acceptance, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Contemplative Outreach Birmingham announces their 20th Annual Conference Saturday, March 9, 2013, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Birmingham. Gray Matthews, Ph.D., a former ...

The Thomas Merton Contemplative Initiative invites you to engage in A Vow of Conversation on things that matter with Sufi scholar Dr. Rachana Umashankar and Merton scholar Dr. Kathleen Deignan, CND, ...

Long ago, Daniel Berrigan told me a tragic story about being invited to speak to a packed church of cloistered nuns somewhere on the East Coast in 1965. They wanted him to read from his latest book of ...

What about the life a monk could appeal to a woman who lived through the 20th century’s most significant events? Subjects like spirituality and the interior life remain elusive by nature, but Merton’s ...

Read excerpts from THOMAS MERTON: A LIFE IN LETTERS: The Essential Collection edited by Willam H. Shannon and Christian M. Bochen (HarperOne, 2008): …It seems to me that, as a contemplative, I do not ...

Once upon a time, there was a contemplative monk named Thomas Merton. Born in France, he converted to Catholicism during his studies at Columbia University. In 1941 he joined a community of Trappist ...