Living Together With Wisdom:
Merton's Call to Transform Our Hearts and Lives
Conference Timetable
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Thursday, June 13 |
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Registration begins |
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1:30 p.m. |
Opening Sessions - First Timers' Orientation - ITMS Chapters Workshop - Creating a Community of Merton Scholars - Emerging Scholars - The Thomas Merton Center of Bridgeport |
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3:00 p.m. |
General Session: Michael W. Higgins "Thomas Merton as Public Intellectual" |
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5:00 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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6:00 p.m. |
Entertainment |
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7:00 p.m. |
Banquet Presidential Address: Kathleen Deignan, CND Presentation of 2013 Louie Awards |
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Friday, June 14 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Morning Meditation |
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8:45 a.m. |
Springboard Session:
Christopher Pramuk |
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10:30 a.m. |
Concurrent Sessions: - Thomas Merton and Poetry I - Merton in Dialogue I - Merton and Vatican II - Workshop: Sharing the Wisdom: Studying and Teaching Merton - Prayer: Yoga’s Transformative Wisdom |
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12:00 p.m. |
Mass | |
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12:00-1:30 |
Lunch | |
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1:45 p.m. |
General Session: Elizabeth Dreyer |
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3:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Poetry II - Merton in Dialogue II - Merton and Peace Making - Merton: From Cloister to Classroom - Workshop: Playing at God’s Side: Seeking Wisdom through Merton in Marks and Lines, Space and Silence - Workshop: ‘I Have Called You by Your Name’: Thomas Merton on the Black Experience – A Prose and Poetic Reading - Prayer: Building Wisdom’s House: The Seven Pillars |
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5:15 p.m. |
Evening Prayer: | |
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6:00 p.m. |
Dinner | |
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8:00 p.m. |
Entertainment: Deanna Witkowski |
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Saturday, June 15 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Morning Meditation |
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8:45 a.m. |
General Session: Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen Panel: - John Eudes Bamberger, OCSO - Kevin Burns - Robert Jonas - Sue Moesteller, CSJ |
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10:30 a.m. |
Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Spiritual Geography - Merton and the Inner Landscape - Merton and the Inner Light - Workshop: Attending to the Quiet Gifts of Monastic Artists - Workshop: Merton Light - Prayer: Using Merton’s Own Writings as the Framework for Prayer |
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12:00 noon |
Lunch | |
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1:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Poetry III - Merton and Spiritual Masters - Merton and Young Adults - Workshop: Merton’s Wisdom Rooted in God’s Wisdom - Workshop: Attending to the Dawn Deacon: Health as Union with God - Prayer: “‘Wisdom’ Cries the Dawn Deacon”: The Healing Power of the Night Spirit and the Dawn Air |
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3:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions: - Merton and Literary Friends - Merton as Intellectual Critic - Merton and the Call to Holiness - Workshop: Merton and the Poetic Experience of the Duino Elegies - Workshop: Sophia Free Your Creative Side |
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5:00 p.m. |
ITMS Town Meeting | |
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6:00 p.m. |
Dinner | |
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8:00 p.m. |
Keynote Address: Ronald Rolheiser, OMI |
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Sunday, June 16 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Meditation | |
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8:45 a.m. |
General Session: Merton & James Laughlin: - David Cooper - Peggy Fox - Ian MacNiven |
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10:30 a.m. |
Closing Liturgy: John Eudes Bamberger, OCSO. |
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12:00 noon |
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