The Thirteenth General Meeting of the
International Thomas Merton Society
June 13-16, 2013
at
Sacred Heart University,
Fairfield, Connecticut
In a letter to Abdul Aziz Thomas Merton spoke of "the
hour of dawn when the world is silent and the new light is most pure," as
"symbolizing the dawning of divine light in the stillness of our hearts." At
that virgin point of the new day, Merton writes in Conjectures of a
Guilty Bystander, the dawn deacon cries “wisdom” but “we do not attend.”
Merton’s call to wisdom in all areas of our lives – personal, political,
social and environmental - echoes through the years. The wisdom Merton
discovered in the bible, the fathers of the church, the great mystics, and
his own contemplative practice; in philosophers and thinkers; and in the
world of literature challenges us continually to a radical change of heart
and life.
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Plenary
Speakers:
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Thomas Merton
and Henri Nouwen Panel |
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John Eudes Bamberger, OCSO |
Kevin Burns |
Robert Jonas |
Sue Moesteller, CSJ |
Michael W. Higgins (presiding) |
Friday Evening
Opening
Sessions:
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First-Timers' Session
Robert Grip
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Chapters Workshop
Donna Kristoff,
OSU and
Brenda Fitch Fairaday
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Merton Scholarship
David Belcastro,
Patrick O'Connell, Paul Pearson and Joseph Raab
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Thomas Merton Center
at Bridgeport
Mark Grasso |
Emerging Scholars:
Joshua
David Bishop / Daniel Ruiz-Sierra |
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Guide to Opening
Sessions
Concurrent Sessions:
Thomas Merton and Poetry 1
Fiona Gardner /
Scott Grapin |
Merton in Dialogue
Christobol Serran-Pagan /
Edward K. Kaplan |
Merton and Vatican II
John Callahan / Mac
McGoldrick |
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Merton and Wisdom Seekers
William Apel / Jeff Shaw |
Merton and Poetry 2
Deborah Kehoe / John P.
Collins |
Merton in Dialogue
Donald Grayston /
Elizabeth Holmes |
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Merton and Peacemaking
Daniel P. Horan, OFM
/ Gordon Oyer |
Merton: From Cloister to Classroom
Natalie
Terry and Jimmy Menkhaus / Alan Kolp |
Merton and Spiritual Geography
Kathleen M.
Baker / Jeffrey Cooper, CSC |
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Merton and the Inner Landscape
Monica Weis,
SSJ / Raymond Carr |
Merton and the Inner Light
Paul R. Dekar /
Robert W. Whalen |
Merton as Intellectual Critic
David
Golemboski / Patrick Cousins |
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Merton and Poetry 3
Patrick F. O'Connell /
Patrick Morgan |
Merton and Spiritual Masters
Christopher
Kelly / Joseph Parisi, OCDS |
Merton and Literary Friends
Mark C. Meade /
Michael McGregor |
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Merton and Young Adults
Laura Geary Dunson /
Glenn Loughrey |
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Merton and the Call to Holiness Joseph
Madonna / Matthew Emile Vaughan |
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Guide to
Concurrent Sessions and Workshops
Workshops, Guided Prayer & Special
Presentations:
Sharing the Wisdom:
Studying and Teaching
Merton
Christine M. Bochen |
Merton and the Poetic Experience of the Duino Elegies Detlev Cuntz |
Yoga’s Transformative Wisdom
Diana Chambers |
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Playing at God’s Side:
Seeking Wisdom through
Merton in Marks
and Lines, Space and Silence
Marianne Hieb, RSM |
‘I Have Called You by Your Name’:
Thomas Merton
on the Black Experience
– A Prose and Poetic Reading
Malcolm F.
Cash |
Building Wisdom’s House:
The Seven Pillars
Brenda Fitch Fairaday |
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Attending to the Quiet Gifts of Monastic
Artists
Mary McDonald |
Merton Light
Mark Filut, OCSO |
Using Merton’s Own Writings
as the Framework
for Prayer
Timothy S. St. Onge |
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Merton’s Wisdom Rooted in God’s Wisdom
Mary
Louise Heffernan, SSJ |
Attending to the Dawn Deacon:
Health as Union
with God
Nass Cannon |
“‘Wisdom' Cries the Dawn Deacon”: The Healing
Power of the Night Spirit and the Dawn Air
Paul M. Pearson |
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Let Sophia Free Your Creative Side
Margaret
Betz |
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Registration Fees:
(including conference registration
and meals)
ITMS Member - $240.00
Non-Member - $290.00 (Join
the ITMS)
Accommodation:
(further
information about
Angelo Roncalli Hall at SHU)
$165.00 (Single room for three nights - per person)
$120.00 (Share room for three nights - per person)
Additional Lodging is Available for
Wednesday 12th and/or Sunday 16th June.
Off Campus
Accommodation Options
Cancellation Policy
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For INFORMATION on REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATIONS
contact the Site Coordinator:
Michael W. Higgins
Sacred Heart University
5151
Park Avenue
Fairfield,
CT 06825-1000
Email:
higginsmw@sacredheart.edu
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Program Committee
Robert G. Grip, Mobile, AL (Chair)
Michael W. Higgins (Site Coordinator)
Christine M. Bochen,
Rochester, NY
Kathleen Deignan, CND., New Rochelle, NY
June-Ann Greeley, Fairfield, CT
Christopher Kelly, Fairfield, CT
Jeffrey T Kiernan, Bridgeport, CT
Paul M Pearson, Louisville, KY
Monica Weis, SSJ., Rochester, NY
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Fairfield Site
Committee
Michael W. Higgins (Site Coordinator)
June-Ann Greeley, Fairfield, CT
Christopher Kelly, Fairfield,
CT
Jeffrey T Kiernan, Bridgeport, CT
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L to R: Robert G. Grip, Jeffrey T Kiernan, Paul M.
Pearson, Christine M. Bochen, Kathleen Deignan,
Christopher Kelly, June-Ann
Greeley, Michael W. Higgins.