Contemplative Living Archives

Happy birthday Harlan Hubbard

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Harlan Hubbard was born on this day (January 4) in 1900. His remarkable life (and that of his wife Anna) has inspired people throughout Kentucky, the U.S. and the world. In the Hubbard’s later years the state of Indiana was building a nuclear power plant

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Richard Rohr reflects on Thomas Merton’s death

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Tomorrow, December 10, marks 50 years since the death of Thomas Merton in 1968. Speaking with Richard Rohr about the impact of Merton’s death brought an interesting reaction. Merton described ’68 as a beast of a year. Rohr obviously agrees. The momentous events of 1968

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Merton, Berrigan and the Vietnam war.

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Thomas Merton and Daniel Berrigan were early and prominent critics of the Vietnam war. Particularly within the Catholic Church hierarchy they were criticized for their views. Fr. Berrigan was very much on the front lines of protest. Merton, due to his monastic vocation, registered his

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