International Thomas Merton Society

Bellarmine University


Bearing Witness to the Light:
Merton's Challenge to a Fragmented World

Conference Timetable


Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Thursday, June 11

10:00 a.m.

Registration begins

12-2:30 p.m.

 

1:00 p.m.

Opening Sessions:
- First Timers' Session
- ITMS Chapters Workshop
- Merton & Photography
- Tribute to John Eudes Bamberger
- Merton & Young People
- Interreligious Dialogue: The Rochester Experience

3:00 p.m.

Merton in Asia

5:00 p.m.

Celebrating the Light: Interfaith Prayer Sharing

6:30 p.m.

Banquet
Presidential Address: Donald Grayston
Presentation of 2009 Louie Awards

8:00 p.m.


Entertainment:
- Chairs - Nazareth College
- Merton Jeopardy:
 "I Think I Really Know A Lot About Thomas Merton." - John King
   

Friday, June 12

7:30 a.m.

Morning Meditation

9:00 a.m.

Springboard Session:
Rachel Fell McDermott

10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton & Hinduism
- Merton & the Beat Poets
- Merton: Fragmentation and Dialogue
- Emerging Merton Scholars
- Prayer: Desecrated Sanctuary

2:00 p.m.

Mass

12:00-1:30

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

General Session:
Herbert Mason & Sidney Griffith

3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton & Sufi Wisdom
- Merton & Spiritual Integration
- Merton & Friends
- Merton & Zen Buddhism
- Prayer: Studying the Truth

5:30 p.m.

Meditation:

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

8:00 p.m.

Keynote Address:
James Conner, OCSO
   

Saturday, June 13

7:30 a.m.

Morning Meditation

9:00 a.m.

General Session:
Judith Simmer-Brown

10:30 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton & Thich Nhat Hanh
- Merton & the New Atheism
- Merton’s Rain & the Rhinoceros
- Merton: Interfaith Dialogue
- Workshop: Telling Our Stories
- Prayer: Awaken Sacred Heart

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton’s Ecology
- Merton & Social Justice
- Merton & Monasticism
- Workshop: I Am Spiritual
- Prayer: A Zen Camera

3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:
- Merton & Buddhism
- Merton & German Thinkers
- Merton: Beyond Silence
- Merton, Wholeness & Healing
- Workshop: Lightheartedness in Bearing Light
- Prayer: Exploring the Heart

5:00 p.m.

ITMS Town Meeting

6:30 p.m.

Dinner

8:00 p.m.

Kate Campbell
   

Sunday, June 14

8:00 a.m.

Meditation

9:00 a.m.

General Session:
Merton & Heschel

10:30 a.m.

Closing Liturgy:
Fr. William H. Shannon.

12:00 noon

Light Lunch & Departure

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