BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Contemplative Outreach Birmingham announces their 20th Annual Conference Saturday, March 9, 2013, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Birmingham. Gray Matthews, Ph.D., a former ...

On Dec. 10, 1968, one of the great contemporary mystics died at only 53 years of age. Thomas Merton — Trappist monk, spiritual master, and leader of interfaith understanding — was gone much too soon.

Like his beautifully crafted letters and journals, Merton's prayers and drawings reveal his multifaceted personality, his hunger for God and his passion for providing others with a glimpse of the path ...

On a day when our company has announced yet another round of layoffs, it was good to stumble onto this prayer, from Thomas Merton's classic book of meditations, Thoughts in Solitude. It is, as ...

On December 10, 1968, one of the great contemporary mystics died at only 53 years of age. Thomas Merton — Trappist monk, spiritual master, and leader of interfaith understanding — was gone much too ...

The Presentation Prayer Center will sponsor a two-part class on American Catholic author Thomas Merton. "Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton" will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 and 7 p.m. March 9.

The late Thomas Merton, an author and pioneer of interfaith dialogue, gave his last public presentations in the United States in 1968 at the Redwoods Monastery in the Southern Humboldt community of ...

Read more of Judy Valente’s interview about Thomas Merton with Brother Paul Quenon at Gethsemani Abbey: Q: Describe for me what you think is the essence of the Trappist life. A: Well, the essence of ...

Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote in his journal: “I myself am part of the weather and part of the climate and part of the place … It is certainly part of my life of prayer.” Author and Merton scholar ...

The only chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society that is located in a prison is at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley, according to the 83-year-old who started it there.