Every year the Thomas Merton Center honors two activists or organizations for their work towards peace and social justice. The Thomas Merton Award honors a nationally or internationally known activist for their […]
March 2019 Events
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2019 Elections Calendar
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National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War and Racism
The Wonders of “Crapitalism”!!!
Recognize All Aspirations: A Letter to the Editor
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Israel has as much right to a nation-state as Palestine, or Iraq, or Iran, or India, or the United States, or Great Britain, or Germany, or Russia or […]
We Remember
Marie Bellin, long-time friend of the Merton Center and admirer of Thomas Merton. Marie was a faithful member of the Thomas Merton Study Group in the earlier years of the Center. She […]
TMC Fundraising Dinner with Mayor Peduto
By Molly Rush
Trump’s Assault on Public Service
By Charles McCollester President Trump’s government shutdown was a cheap, tawdry, fear-mongering piece of blackmail designed to assert his will over Congress and possibly impose a shameful border wall, even if it […]
Looking for the Helper in the Rio Grande Valley
By Symone Saul In December of 2018, I observed first-hand the humanitarian crisis at the so-called Texas-Mexico border and found volunteers and activists working outside traditional bureaucratic systems to address long-term and […]
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