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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
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1967 film clip of Thomas Merton by Doris Dana (silent / color) at the Abbey of Gethsemani
A portion of a longer film clip filmed October 27-28, 1967. The complete silent, color 16mm footage donated to the Merton Center in 2017. -
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). -
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 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 Trappist 1915-1968" by Dorothy Day
Obituary of Merton by Dorothy Day on the front page of the Catholic Worker. She describes his commitment to CW and to the peace movement. Day quotes from their correspondence.