Richard Rohr reflects on Thomas Merton's death

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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Thomas Merton’s writing as seen by Richard Rohr

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Thomas Merton is regarded as one of the great spiritual writers of the 20th century. When interviewing Richard Rohr, one of great spiritual writers of the 20th & 21st centuries, I had to ask his thoughts on Merton as a writer. He is predictably modest

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Merton as mystic and prophet

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Richard Rohr assesses Merton’s qualities as a mystic and a prophet. In this clip from a 2014 interview with Rohr the esteemed Franciscan writer and thinker shares his thoughts on different aspects of Merton’s spiritual life. The interview was part of the 2015 documentary The Many

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Our Library

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“Our Library”, a Louisville Documentary by Morgan Atkinson This 2018 documentary produced by Morgan Atkinson, is an examination of that most valuable community treasure — the Free Public Library. This thought-provoking video explores the value, meaning and impact of a free library. Is the community’s investment

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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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