The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University




The Merton Seasonal - Volume 42


The Spring 2017 issue, Vol. 42, No.1 included:

  • Gardner, Fiona. "Exploring Thomas Merton’s Resurrection Consciousness." 3-10.
  • Leax, John. "Blessings Are Those Who Mourn." [poem] 11.
  • Lootens, Dominiek. "Thomas Merton and the Spiritual Roots of Protest: Educational Reflections on the Peacemaker Retreat." 12-16.
  • Porter, J. S. "Robert Lax (1915-2000)." [poem] 17.
  • Rembert, Ron B. "Merton on Sports and Spirituality." 18-25.

The Summer 2017 issue, Vol. 42, No.2 included:

  • Thurston, Bonnie B. "'The Most Hopeful and Living Kind of Message': An Introduction to Charles de Foucauld and Thomas Merton." 3-10.
  • Plank, Karl A. "Apophatic Prayer 3." [poem] 11.
  • Holmes, Daniel. "Merton at St. Anne's." [poem] 19-20.
  • Orberson, David. "Eros as Koan: Thomas Merton, Monastic Life, Zen and M." 21-30.

The Fall 2017 issue, Vol. 42, No.3 included:

  • DeLaney, Steven. "Keeping the Hours." [poem] 6-7.
  • Cecala, Kathleen. "Merton’s Constant Friend at Saint Bonaventure: Irenaeus Herscher, OFM." 8-16.
  • Hanebury, Derek. "Great Swim Dream." [poem] 17-18.

The Winter 2017 issue, Vol. 42, No.4 included:

  • Ostenburg, John A. "Saving Both Birds and People: Toward a Spirituality of Sustainability." 3-9.
  • Roeder, Antoinette Voûte. "Merton’s Final Words ." [poem] 10.
  • Lord, Andy. "Seeds of the Spirit: A Charismatic Reading of New Seeds of Contemplation." 11-20.
  • Mahon, J. Patrick. "Hagia Sophia – An Invocation ." [poem] 21.
  • Serrán-Pagán y Fuentes, Cristóbal. "Engaged Spirituality in Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh: An Inter-Monastic Dialogue on Contemplation in a World of Action." 23-31.

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