Greetings! The last meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society will be Wednesday, November 8th, at 6pm at the Kentwood Library. Traditionally, we always break for December because it’s one of the busiest months of the year. Christmas and family get-togethers and all that. We don’t want our group to … [Read more…]
Due to many illnesses (apparently, there’s a rather nasty flu going around) and unexpected conflicts with our meeting day/time, we will cancel our meeting for the month of October. We hope to have everyone back up to full health in November! See you next month!
We will meet to discuss Thomas Merton’s book New Seeds of Contemplation at the Kentwood Library (located on Breton between 44th Street and 52nd Street) starting at 6pm on Wednesday, September 13th, and 6pm. We’ll discuss these chapters: Chapter 16 – The Root of War is Fear Chapter 17 – Hell as Hatred Chapter 18 … [Read more…]
Good Afternoon Friends, The next meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society will be Wednesday, August 9th at 6pm. Where We’ll Meet The Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Library, which is located on Breton between 44th Street and 52nd Street in Kentwood, in the large conference room on the second floor. Here is … [Read more…]
Good Afternoon Friends, The next meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society will be Wednesday, May 10th, at 6pm. It is also the seventh year of our existence! So, Happy 7th Birthday to Us! Where We’ll Meet The Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Library, which is located on Breton between 44th Street and … [Read more…]
We’re going to try something new for our March 8th (2023) meeting! We plan to meet in the second floor conference room at the Richard L. Root (Kentwood) Library from 6pm until 7:45pm. Our meeting day remains the same: The second Wednesday of each month. But the meeting place has changed: the Kentwood Library. And … [Read more…]
We will continue our discussion of The Waters of Siloe, Thomas Merton’s fascinating history of the Trappist monks this Wednesday, October 12th, at 7pm. As usual, we will meet at Orchard View Church of God on the corner of 3-Mile Road and Leffingwell, which is located in the northeast part of Grand Rapids. Orchard View … [Read more…]
The August meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society is this Wednesday, August 10th, starting at 7pm! We will continue discussing Thomas Merton’s brilliant history of the Trappist Order, The Waters of Siloe. We’ll recap these chapters, which you read for the July 13th meeting: I. Monasticism; St. Benedict; The CisterciansII. … [Read more…]
The book we chose to read and discuss next is The Waters Of Siloe, which is the book Merton wrote about the Cistercian/Trappist Order after he entered Our Lady of Gethsemani, the monastery that was to be his home for the rest of his life. We chose The Waters of Siloe for at least four reasons: 1. The “elders” … [Read more…]
The June meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society is this Wednesday night, the 8th, starting at 7:00. Once again, we will meet here:Orchard View Church of God 2777 Leffingwell Ave NEGrand Rapids, MI 49525 Orchard View Church of God is located at the corner of 3 Mile Rd and Leffingwell in … [Read more…]