Sundays at Nine | Thomas Merton
June 21, 28, July 5, 12 and 19
Father Michael will host this five-week series on Thomas Merton (1915-1968). Father Merton, a Roman Catholic priest and Cistercian monk, wrote more than 60 books covering a remarkable range of spiritual and social topics. He was a brilliant teacher of the Christian contemplative and mystical tradition, a distinguished poet, a pioneer of dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, and was noted for being an advocate for peace during the turbulent times of the 1960s. Please order your own copy of The Thomas Merton Reader-edited by Thomas P. McDonnell on Amazon or Barnes and Noble before July 5th. On June 21 and 28,