Merton Events
upcoming Events
Contemplative Wisdom in the Life of Thomas Merton
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 12-4pm
Led by CARL MCCOLMAN, a contemplative writer, retreat leader and spiritual director who is presently based in Atlanta. His books include The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism, Eternal Heart, and Befriending Silence: Discovering the Gifts of Cistercian Spirituality.
Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street, New York, NY. 10027
For Information visit thomasmertonnyc.org or write to
info@thomasmertonnyc.org or call (212) 666-9350
Admission free to Members. Non-Member by Donation.
Past EVENTS:
Liam Myers
Taizé: Prayer for Earth
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Led by Liam Myers
Liam Myers is the Program Coordinator at The Center at Mariandale. He was an ITMS Daggy Scholar in 2024. Liam has spent time in the village of Taizé in France and since then has led Taizé prayer across NYC and beyond.
Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D., Ph.D.
Discovering the Beatitudes of Thomas Merton
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D., Ph.D.
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, 2024 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