2010

Ongoing through June 2010 (second Monday each month)
Bridges to Contemplative Living Group
Presentation Prayer Center, Fargo, North Dakota
contact: Sr. Andrea Arendt at presprayerctr@cableone.net or 701.235.8246

March 16, 23, 30
6-7 p.m.
The Poetry of Thomas Merton
Bellarmine University Louisville, Kentucky
To register: 502.452.8166

March 18-May 6
Bridges to Contemplative Living: Becoming Who You Already Are
Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas 
For more information: www.ost.edu or 210.341.1366 ext. 226

March 20
Fulfillment through Interfaith Engagement
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Edward K. Kaplan
The University Club of Victoria at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
For more information: tmsc@telus.net or 604.669.2546

March 23
7 p.m.
Thomas Merton: Poet, Monk, Prophet
Presented by: Pual M. Pearson Nelson County Public Library
Bardstown, Kentucky

March 31-April 4
Holy Week Non-Directed Retreat
Bethany Spring, New Haven Kentucky
For more information: contactus@mertoninstiute.org or 502.899.1991

April 9-11
Thomas Merton & Mary Oliver: Poets of the Sacred 
Bethany Spring, New Haven, Kentucky  
For more information: contactus@mertoninstitute.org or 502.899.1991

April 9-11
The Night Spirit and Dawn Air
The Eight Conference and General Meeting of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Oakham School, Rutland UK (Thomas Merton's alma mater)
For more information: www.thomasmertonsociety.org/2010.htm

April 22
Meeting Merton again for the First Time: Contemplative Ecologist, Ecological Prophet
7 p.m.
Presenter: Kathleen Deignan, CND PhD 
St. Monica St. George Parish, Cincinnati, Ohio
For more informatio contact: 513.381.6400

April 25
Thomas Merton: Sewing the Seeds of Justice & Compassion
7 p.m.
Presenter: Christine Bochen, PhD
St. Monica St. George Parish, Cincinnati, Ohio
For more informatio contact: 513.381.6400

April 28, May 5, 12, 19
Bridges to Contemplative Living: Writing Yourself into the Book of Life
The Benedict Inn, Beech Grove, Indiana
Contact: benedictinn@benedictinn.org or 317.788.7581

May 6 & 7 
Silence and Being: Thomas Merton's Interest in Buddhism & There is no God but God: Thomas Merton's Interest in Islam
7 p.m.
Presenter: Bonnie Thurston, PhD
Monica St. George Parish, Cincinnati, Ohio
For more informatio contact: 513.381.6400

May 21-23
Contemplative Living: Mysticism and Non-Violence 
Bethany Spring, New Haven, Kentucky  
For more information: contactus@mertoninstitute.org or 502.899.1991

May 25
Redeeming the Rhinoceros: Thomas Merton Guilty Bystander in the Twenty-first Century
7 p.m.
Presenter: Paul M. Pearson
Monica St. George Parish, Cincinnati, Ohio
For more informatio contact: 513.381.6400

June 6-8
Thomas Merton and Interreligious Friendship
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama

June 21-25
Directed Retreat
Bethany Spring, New Haven, Kentucky  
For more information: contactus@bethanyspring.org or 502.899.1991

June 25-July 4
Thomas Merton in Alaska Pilgrimage
sponsored by the Thomas Merton Society of Canada
For more information contact: tmsc@telus.net

July 15-17
The Contemplative Caregiver 
Bethany Spring, New Haven, Kentucky  
For more information: contactus@mertoninstitute.org or 502.899.1991

August 4, 11, 18, 25
Bridges to Contemplative Living: Adjusting Your Life Vision
The Benedict Inn, Beech Grove, Indiana
Contact: benedictinn@benedictinn.org or 317.788.7581

August 16-19 
Contemplation and Non-Violence: The Spirituality of Thomas Merton
Presenters: J. Patrick Mahon and Fr. James Behrens, OCSO 
Abbey of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia
For more information: www.trappist.net/retreat/schedule_2010.htm#Aug

September 8, 15, 22, 29
Bridges to Contemplative Living: Seeing that Paradise Begins Now
The Benedict Inn, Beech Grove, Indiana
Contact: benedictinn@benedictinn.org or 317.788.7581

October 1-2
Fulfillment through Interfaith Engagement
Keynote Speaker: Bonnie Thurston
Thomas Merton Society of Canada
Canadian Memorial Church & Centre for Peace, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
For more information: www.merton.ca or 604.669.2546

October 16
Thomas Merton and Ecology
Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky
For more information, contact the Thomas Merton Center: 502.452.8177 or pmpearson@bellarmine.edu 

December 11
Thomas Merton: Advent Retreat 
The Benedictine Inn, Beech Grove, Indiana
Contact: benedictinn@benedictinn.org or 317.788.7581

A complete listing Bethany Spring retreats available online.

 


 


What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it all the rest are not only usless but disastrous.

 

Thomas Merton, Dancing in the Water of Live

 

A complete listing Bethany Spring retreats available online. Bethany Spring, The Merton Institute Retreat Center, offers Bridges retreats, contemplative living retreats, and space for individuals and groups to come away and enjoy the quiet. A mile from Gethsemani, guests are invited to attend the prayer services with the monks.