The story begins with a brief incident that may be arguably said to have been the first shot fired in the American Revolution ...

Thomas Merton wrote that, in Professor Van Doren’s classes ... and willing now for the first or hundredth time to consider them as human documents and as works of art. He goes on to say, I have made ...

Michael O’Brien: For famous writer/monk Thomas Merton, Utah meant fascination, frustration and friendship The famous Catholic theologian never set foot in the LDS-dominated state, but he wrote ...

Thomas Merton was one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century-and he was also a passionate jazz fan.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) lived in Europe with his artist father after Thomas’s mother died when Thomas was 6 years old. He was forced to be quite independent at a young age, as his father would ...

Angelou made millions off that partnership; correspondence saved by Thomas Merton suggests that the poets in “American Christmas” made just a hundred dollars or so for each poem Hallmark ...

Columbus composer Brian Harnetty found inspiration for his contemplative 2022 album Words and Silences in the voice of spiritual leader Thomas Merton and the sounds of the natural world he loved.

Few if any 20th-century Roman Catholics had a greater impact on Christian spirituality than Thomas Merton, the iconic Trappist monk, mystic and ecumenist.

Publication date 2017 Topics Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968, Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 -- Quotations, Christian art and symbolism Publisher Cincinnati, Ohio : Franciscan Media Collection ...