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CORPUS CHRISTI CHAPTER

OF THE

INTERNATIONAL THOMAS MERTON SOCIETY

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  Saturday, JANUARY 30

 2:00-4:00 p.m.

     The Monk and the Dream Catcher

    Thomas Merton and Robert Lax

               Arthur Biddle, presenter

Arthur "Bill" Biddle has presented papers and led workshops at nearly a dozen meetings of the International Thomas Merton Society and the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland.  While researching the award-winning When Prophecy Still Had a Voice, he traveled to libraries in New York City; Louisville, Kentucky; and Olean, New York.  But best of all, he made his way by plane and ferry several times to the Greek isle of Patmos to visit and interview Bob Lax.  Arthur Biddle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Vermont and lives in North Hero, Vermont.

Free to Chapter members; $5 for non-members

Reading Recommendations:

A. Biddle, When Prophecy Still Had a Voice

R. Lax, Love Had a Compass, pp. 49-96, 207-219; 33 Poems

J. Harford, Merton & Friends: A Joint Biography of Merton, Lax, & Ed Rice

T. Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, see index for Robert Lax

                Next Meetings: 

                     February-March 2010,  Evenings with Father Louis

                          dates and locations to be announced

                     Sat., April 24, 2010, "The Circus of the Sun: Merton and His Friends"

                          The Columbia friendships that lasted a lifetime:

                          Merton, Lax, Rice, Reinhardt, et alia

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          Please take a moment to consider membership in this Chapter.  Your financial assistance is necessary, not only for the mundane necessities of postage and mailing, but also for the stipend given to any speaker who may be invited.   And if you are able to make an additional contribution beyond the dues, thank you.

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Click here for the International Thomas Merton Society.

Click here to see Thomas Merton's baptism and confirmation records at Corpus Christi.

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