Thomas Merton: Man of Prayer, Thought, Dialogue and Peace
Today I spoke at the Thomas Merton Centennial Celebration, held on the last day of Merton’s centennial year, at the Frazier History Museum. This event also inaugurates the Frazier’s exhibition, Thomas Merton: A Familiar Stranger, which will open on Merton’s 101st birthday tomorrow. Here is my address:
The novelist, Walker Percy, once taught an entire undergraduate course in English literature based solely on exploring the first sentence of famous novels – with the insight that those first words contain the core […]