Audio Recordings by Thomas Merton and Friends

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Audio recorded by Thomas Merton including lectures given as Master of Novices, weekly talks to the community after his move to the Hermitage, and some conferences recorded for religious communities and other groups at conferences or recorded and submitted.

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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 See all item sets with this value

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1965-1967 See all item sets with this value

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Many of the recordings are only available to play at the digital kiosk at the Thomas Merton Center.

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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 See all item sets with this value

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Thoughts on the book Evolution and Christian hope: man's concept of the future from the early Fathers to Teilhard de Chardin, by Ernst Benz.

Thomas Merton recorded this reflection on a book he was reading for himself in his hermitage.
Rosemary Radford Ruether interviewed by Paul Wilkes, an unused outtake from interviews for Merton, a Film Biography
Daniel Berrigan excerpt on religious vows and the relationship of sacraments to community life: from Merton Recordings #017 Tr-3 - Rev. Dan Berrigan S.J. "Poverty" (4:26-6:13)
Audio excerpt on Easter from Merton Recordings #187 Tr-2a-3 - Easter homily.
1966-12-01: Correspondence with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Reb Zalman), audio tape recorded letter to Merton

Zalman Schachter records a letter to Thomas Merton while driving. He mentions classes he is teaching and lectures for the R. M. Bucke Memorial Society in Montreal. He references the Vietnam War and the use of napalm. Captions include a photograph of Thomas Merton taken by Schachter of Merton holding a copy of The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert, given to him by Zalman Schachter.
Thomas Merton's reflection to Gethsemani Abbey novices on the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thomas Merton reads excerpts of a letter from June Yungblut. She describes the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thomas Merton's reflection to Gethsemani Abbey novices on the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thomas Merton reads excerpts of a letter from June Yungblut and mentions Martin Luther King's plans to come to Gethsemani Abbey for retreat which was postponed due to King's trip to Memphis during which he was assassinated.
Thomas Merton and the Monsters (the Mugwumps)

Two humorous selections from Thomas Merton's final address as novice master before moving full-time to his hermitage.
Merton reads his curriculum vitae in his hermitage at Gethsemani, May 20th, 1967.

Audio clip of Merton in his hermitage at Gethsemani, May 20, 1967
Merton's final address as novice master before his permanent move to the hermitage, August 20, 1965

This excerpt is from Merton's final address as novice master before his permanent move to the hermitage. Beginning in April 1962 Thomas Merton's lectures to the novices, and then later to the community, were recorded. Merton describes "a life without care."