Merton Events
upcoming Events
“O PEACE, BLESS THIS MAD PLACE”: DISCOVERING THE BEATITUDES OF THOMAS MERTON
Saturday, January 31, 2025, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
KATHLEEN DEIGNAN, C.N.D.
Merton labored to illuminate “a peace the world cannot give.” Participants are invited into a playful and prayerful process of discovering the “found blessings” hidden throughout his writings. These Beatitudes, recovered from Merton’s word and living spirit among us, are not merely inspirational, but urgently practical: offered as a way of seeing, living, and responding to our mad world with healing peace. You are encouraged to review your favorite Merton writings for hints of blessings that may be transformed into "beatitudes." Please bring your favorite Merton matter to play with.
Admission is FREE. All are welcome.
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER: info@thomasmertonnyc.org or (212) 666–9350
KATHLEEN DEIGNAN, C.N.D., Ph.D., of the Congregation of Notre Dame, and a GreenFaith Fellow, is on the faculty of the Department of Religious Studies at Iona College, where she directs the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, a project that integrates three constituent endeavors: The Iona Spirituality Center, The Thomas Merton Contemplative Initiative, and The Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue.
Past EVENTS:
Peacemakers, Prophets and Friends: Thomas Merton and Robert Lax
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Led by Marcia Kelly, Judith Emery, Anthony Bannon, and others who knew them and their work.
An Observance of Thomas Merton’s 110th Birthday
Saturday, January 25, 2025, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
A Journey Faith: Walking with Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, & other Companions along the way
Annual Thomas Merton Retreat
Father Michael Holleran
Saturday, November 16, 20024 1:00–4:00 P.M.
Pope Francis has distinguished between what he calls a “laboratory faith” and a “journey faith.” The first can appear like a “compendium of abstract truths,” while in a journey faith we find God along the way, which “means going, walking, doing, searching, seeing. . . . We must enter into the adventure of the quest for meeting God; we must let God search and encounter us. . . . God is encountered walking along the path.”
SATURDAY, September 30, 2023, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Practicing Sacred Reciprocity:
Insights from Thomas Merton and Robin Wall Kimmerer
presented by James Robinson, PhD
All are welcome - Admission Free
Saturday, January 25th 2:00-4:00 P.M.
In Celebration Of The Birthdays Of Thomas Merton & Henri Nouwen
The Trappist Twist:
Merton & Nouwen In Conversation
with Michael Higgins, Distinguished Professor of Catholic Thought at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut
This event is sponsored by the parish & free to all
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2019, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Annual Retreat
The Prophetic Merton: The Word that Opens Hearts to Hope
presented by Daniel Riley, O.F.M.
$20 Corpus Christi Chapter members & Students; Others $35
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
The Great Work and the Ecological Spirituality of Laudato Si’
A Conversation with Thomas Merton, Thomas Berry, and Pope Francis
presented by Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D., and Kevin Cawley, C.F.C.
Free to Corpus Christi Chapter members, Parish members & Students; Others $20