ITMS Conference Presidential Addresses

International Thomas Merton Society

Bellarmine University

ITMS Conference Presidential Addresses

Conference Venue and Date	Conference Title	ITMS President	Presidential Address

25-28 May 1989 Bellarmine University, Louisville KY	The Pattern in the Seed: Thomas Merton’s Glimpse of the Cosmic Dance	William H. Shannon	"The Farmer from Nelson County."

13-16 June 1991 Nazareth College, Rochester NY	A Huge Chorus of Living Beings: The Voice of a New World	Robert E. Daggy	"Choirs of Millions: Thomas Merton and God's Creatures."

10-13 June 1993 Colorado College, Colorado Springs CO	Already One: Becoming What We Are	Bonnie B. Thurston	"The Heresy of Individualism."

15-18 June 1995 St Bonaventure University, Olean NY	Summoned to Explore the Heart: Thomas Merton’s Prophetic Challenge	James Conner, OCSO	"A Prophet for the 21st Century."

12-15 June 1997 Spring Hill College, Mobile AL	From the Springs of Compassion: Solitude, Solidarity, Social Transformation	Patrick F. O'Connell	"Merton on the Eve of the Third Millennium."

10-13 June 1999 St Jerome’s University, Waterloo, ON Canada	Magnetic North/True North: Geography Beyond Boundaries	Thomas Del Prete	"The Geography of Nowhere: Living Beyond Boundaries."

7-10 June 2001 Bellarmine University, Louisville KY	Shining Like the Sun: Thomas Merton’s Transforming Vision	Christine M. Bochen	“Mercy within Mercy within Mercy."

5-7 June 2003 University of British Columbia, BC Canada	The Hawk’s Dream: Thomas Merton’s Sacred Landscape	Jonathan Montaldo	"'Going Home to Where I Have Never Been'. Thomas Merton's Flight Toward Joy."

9-12 June 2005 University of San Diego, San Diego CA	Revelation of Justice: Revolution of Love	Erlinda G. Paguio	"A New World Being Born: Loving in a New Way."

7-10 June 2007 Christian Brothers University, Memphis TN	Wide Open to Heaven and Earth: Contemplation, Community, Culture	Paul M. Pearson	“Wide Open to Heaven and Earth: Contemplation, Community, Culture."

11-14 June 2009 Nazareth College, Rochester NY	Bearing Witness to the Light: Merton’s Challenge to a Fragmented World	Donald Grayston	"Monastic in His Own Way: Thomas Merton and Leonard Cohen."

9-12 June 2011 Loyola University, Chicago IL	With Roots in Eternity: Merton, the Desert and the City	Robert G. Grip	"Thomas Merton and Fulton Sheen: Roots in the Past with Messages for Eternity."