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February 2019

February 23, 2019

RIP Brother Patrick Hart, Thomas Merton’s Secretary

Sad news from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky: Brother Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O., who served...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

Thomas Merton on the Son of God: ‘His place is with those who do not belong…’

The great Thomas Merton died 50 years ago today, and I can't let this moment...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

Citing Merton and Day, Pope Francis once again turns attention to the peripheries

When Pope Francis delivered his stirring speech to Congress this morning, he made particular mention...

September 24, 2015

Citing Merton and Day, Pope Francis once again turns attention to the peripheries

When Pope Francis delivered his stirring speech to Congress this morning, he made particular mention...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

The more things change …

This is remarkable, via The Anchoress, quoting one of my heroes, Thomas Merton: "It has...

October 2014

October 01, 2014

The nun in the hotel lobby

This is one of my favorite stories from the writings of Thomas Merton. In The Waters...

September 2014

September 21, 2014

John Allen: “Are we looking at the American Pope Francis in Chicago?”

The veteran Vatican watcher assesses this weekend's big news over at Crux: There’s nothing a...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Charges of embezzlement, sex scandal at Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky

From The Louisville Courier-Journal: Nestled on 2,200 acres in the hills of Nelson County, the...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

RIP, Ned O’Gorman

This news broke while I was away this weekend. Ned O'Gorman represents part of a...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Happy birthday, Thomas Merton

Fr. Dan Horan notes that today would have been the great writer's 99th birthday, and...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

December 10th: Remembering Thomas Merton

December 10 looms large in the life story of Thomas Merton. He entered the Abbey...

August 2013

August 09, 2013

Thomas Merton’s love life to be made into a movie

Longtime readers of the blog know that I'm a Thomas Merton fanboy. His life and...

August 09, 2013

Thomas Merton’s love life to be made into a movie

Longtime readers of the blog know that I’m a Thomas Merton fanboy. His life and...

September 2012

September 04, 2012

In Merton’s footsteps

Some years back, I wrote a piece for Catholic Digest on "Thomas Merton's New York."...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Mark Wahlberg as Thomas Merton?

Several years ago, while I was on retreat at Thomas Merton's old monastery in Kentucky,...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

“The joy of quiet”

Who doesn't crave that, especially this time of year? It turns out, we not only...

December 10, 2011

December 10, 1941: “I was enclosed in the four walls of my new freedom…”

It was 70 years ago today -- December 10, 1941 -- that Thomas Merton arrived...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Merton, his “Mountain,” and me

It started with a pocket watch. In 1994, after my mother’s funeral, my sister, an...

October 2011

October 10, 2011

Deep Forest: the man who knew both Merton and Day

And he's written about them both, too. And now U.S. Catholic has a fascinating interview...

June 2011

June 02, 2011

Who was Thomas Merton?

Good question. And one that James Martin and the good people at Loyola Productions answer...

March 2011

March 09, 2011

Quote of the day: Thomas Merton on Ash Wednesday

“Ash Wednesday is for people who know that it means for their soul to be...

February 2011

February 15, 2011

Ah, Gethsemani

Longtime readers will know that I have great affection for Thomas Merton and have spent...