Monica Weis in Vancouver in July for Merton Course

Greetings,

Monica Weis returns to Vancouver the first week in July to offer a course on Thomas Merton, which kicks off a series of events that week to celebrate the opening of
the Thomas Merton Reading Room in the H. R. MacMillan Theological Library at Vancouver School of Theology. Monica is a superb teacher who has given public talks for the Thomas Merton
Society of Canada in Vancouver and co-led our pilgrimage program France in 2002. Don't miss this opportunity to explore Merton's life and thought with Monica!

Judith Hardcastle
DirectorThomas Merton Society of Canada
604-669-2546

Finding the Sky Within You: Thomas Merton, Man of Prayer and Contemporary Issues

Dr. Monica Weis Vancouver School of Theology, Chalmers Institute, Vancouver, BC
July 3 - 7, 8:30 -11:30 am

Basing discussions on Merton's autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, Ishi Means Man, selected letters, poems, and journal entries, you will encounter Thomas Merton--monk and writer--his struggles, his commitment to silence and solitude, and his prophetic vision for social justice. Special attention will be given to Merton's support for the rights of indigenous people and his love of nature.

Monica Weis, SSJ, is professor of and the director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, whose most recent publication is Thomas Merton's Gethsemani: of Paradise.
Information/Registration: 604-822-9563 or email registrar@vst.edu or see www.vst.edu.