Comments on: Thomas Merton in Pictures

By: JoAnn Loria

JoAnn Loria — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:03:34 +0000

This article by Paul Pearson is just beautiful…..I have long been so very touched by Merton’s writings. Thanks to PBS for giving us these wonderful articles and programs. Thanks, Paul

By: Maureen Ribeiro

Maureen Ribeiro — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:01:15 +0000

On this anniversary weekend of Woodstock, I like to remember the important part Thomas Merton played in the 1960s. He was a real man of his times.

By: Tom Vitale

Tom Vitale — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:07:21 +0000

Merton led the first conference (I forgot the name of it) that led to the nonviolent side of the peace movement and the Berrigen’s civil disobedience. I attended the second one in NYC which was after Merton’s passing. No one had a real solution except “go back to your communities”. No one knew what to do, to end the war against the Vietnamese people and culture.

By: geoffrey Thomas

geoffrey Thomas — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:43:55 +0000

I had the pleasure of speaking with Poet Louis Simpson about his recollection of Merton while they were at Columbia U .

By: Ed Cahill

Ed Cahill — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:31:59 +0000

I would like to see more of the relationship of Merton with the brothers Berrigan, Philip and Dan.
The mutual respect, their influences on each other, and the opposition to nuclear proliferation are and will be the most important of our time. Interestingly Phil and Thomas died nearly the same day, but years apart.