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  Michael W. Higgins - Merton and David Jones: Visionaries Both. Presented for the Tuesdays with Merton Series, May 11 , 2021.

  Merton Was in Love With Wales — its poetry, its Celtic sensibility, its ravishing beauty and rich history. Although he came to the art of David Jones rather late in his life, he understood implicitly what Jones was doing as a visionary. There are some striking things that they were doing in parallel unaware of each other, probing the past, resurrecting forgotten cultural memories, attending to the power of ritual and sacrament, aching for unity and harmony. This session will explore some of these creative and spiritual convergences. Dr. Michael W. Higgins is a university president, biographer, journalist, scholar, and media commentator. His book on Cardinal Newman will appear in the Spring of 2021 and his book on Pope Francis in 2023. Past publications on Merton include: Heretic Blood: The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton; Faithful Visionary; The Unquiet Monk; and Thomas Merton: Pilgrim in Process (ed).
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  Light in a Darkening Landscape: Presidential Address—ITMS Fifteenth General Meeting at St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, June 15, 2017, by Michael W. Higgins.

  Michael W. Higgins, Distinguished Professor of Catholic Thought at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, served as fifteenth president of the International Thomas Merton Society (2015-2017). He is the author of numerous books, including Heretic Blood: The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton (1998), Thomas Merton: Faithful Visionary (2014), Unquiet Monk: Thomas Merton’s Questing Faith (2015), and Jean Vanier: Logician of the Heart (2016).