Audio Recordings by Thomas Merton and Friends

Title: Audio Recordings by Thomas Merton and Friends
Description: 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.
Creator: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Date: 1965-1967
Use Restrictions: Many of the recordings are only available to play at the digital kiosk at the Thomas Merton Center.
Subject: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Rights: Copyright The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved. Photographs copyright of the Merton Legacy Trust. Not to be used without written permission.

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."