THE FEBRUARY 15 MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. See News update. Our group always meets the second Wednesday of every month. However, Wednesday, February 14, is Ash Wednesday. People will likely be observing that holy day and will, therefore, be unable to attend our group the second Wednesday in February. As a result, we will meet … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
This Wednesday marks the sixth anniversary of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society! That’s a major milestone. And we owe it all to our friends and faithful attenders of these monthly meetings. Thank you! Once again, we will meet here at 7pm this Wednesday: Orchard View Church of God 2777 Leffingwell Ave NEGrand … [Read more…]
Our February meeting (on Wednesday the 8th) was another robust one. After watching the last 20-30 minutes of a movie about Merton’s life, we turned to the last chapter (“The General Dance”) from Merton’s book New Seeds of Contemplation – and that quickly became the springboard to discuss… …the need to focus on the moment… … [Read more…]
Last night’s meeting of the Grand Rapids Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society was fascinating. One of the best yet. Thank you! To start, we watched another 20-25 minutes of the DVD about Merton’s life titled Soul Searching. Then we finished discussing the chapters on prayer in New Seeds of Contemplation that Fr. Patrick … [Read more…]
In the next meeting of the Thomas Merton Society of Grand Rapids we will discuss prayer – as Thomas Merton understood it, and as he wrote about it in his important and influential book New Seeds of Contemplation. If you don’t yet have a copy of New Seeds of Contemplation, you can buy one at … [Read more…]
We had another outstanding meeting last Wednesday night (October 12th), with four new people joining us. Welcome Jim, Angel, Tim, and Christian! It was a fun time. We talked about the DVD The Many Storeys and Last Days of Thomas Merton, and continued our discussion of New Seeds of Contemplation – a discussion that’s far … [Read more…]
Our group has had such a wonderful time digging into Fr. Louis’ seminal book New Seeds of Contemplation that we will spend another meeting discussing it. We will gather together again on Wednesday, October 12, at 7pm, at Baker Book House near the corner of 28th Street and East Paris in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You … [Read more…]
We will continue our robust discussion of Thomas Merton’s seminal work New Seeds of Contemplation at our next meeting, which will be Wednesday, September 14, at 7pm at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can buy a copy of New Seeds of Contemplation at Baker Book House. Right-click here to download the pdf … [Read more…]