Thomas Merton Society of Canada events, please contact Judith Hardcastle, Program Director or Susan Cowan, Community Relations Director.

For more information:
604-669-2546 or email tmsc@telus.net.

2009-2010 Membership Brochure available here. Register today!

2010 PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

Annual Wine & Cheese Reception and Public Talk
ThursDAY July 8

Wine & Cheese Reception
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Thomas Merton Reading Room at the H. R. McMillan Library at Vancouver School of Theology, UBC Campus

TMSC Free Public Talk
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Chapel of the Epiphany at Vancouver School of Theology

Speaker: Ross Labrie
Merton Lecture: ‘Thomas Merton On Marx And Marxism’
7 pm, Epiphany Chapel (free)
Thomas Merton’s view of Marx altered appreciably in the 1960s as his growing detachment from Western capitalism led him to achieve a fine balance in his perspective of the politics of East and West. This distinguished his views from those of many in his church and country.

Ross Labrie, President of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada, is Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia, and the author of a number of books and articles on American literature. These include two books on Thomas Merton, The Art of Thomas Merton (1979) and Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination. Co-sponsored by VST and the Thomas Merton Society of Canada

Weekend retreat: Fri, July 9, 7-8:30 pm.
Sat, July 10, 9-5 pm. (Lunch included.) Sun, July 11, 9-12 noon
Vancouver School of Theology Summer School 2010
Welcomes Merton Scholars
Jim Finley—Following the Mystics through the Narrow Gate
Retreat Fees: $200

Jesus said, “Narrow is the gate that leads to life and few there are who enter it.” We will follow various mystics through this narrow gate, through the mysterious process in which we realize God is the very reality of ourselves, others, and all things.

James Finley lived as a monk at the cloistered Trappist monastery of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, where the world-renowned monk and author, Thomas Merton, was his spiritual director. www.contemplativeway.org

Co-sponsored by VST and the Thomas Merton Society of Canada.
Registration: click here or 604-822-9815
Click here to view the Retreat Outline

Thomas Merton Reading Group—Victoria, BC
On the second Wednesday of each month, a group of Merton readers meet at Cadboro Bay United Church, 2625 Arbutus Road in Victoria from 1 – 2:30 pm where they informally discuss a particular book on or about Thomas Merton. The group is open to new and long-time Merton enthusiasts. For more information, please contact Basil Shammas at srb4747@telus.net.