By Jim Ruck The Center’s founders, in looking for a name, settled on “Thomas Merton,” the Catholic contemplative monk and social critic who had died not long before at age 53. From […]
Statement of Thomas Merton Center on Violence in Israel and Palestine
This statement from the Thomas Merton Center Board of Directors was approved at their May 21 board meeting. The Thomas Merton Center, together with the United Nations community, condemns the lethal use […]
2018 New Person of The Year: Monica Ruiz
By Maggie Weaver On July 26, Monica Ruiz’s son will graduate high school. At age 15, a young man traveled to the U.S., an unaccompanied minor seeking employment. He was a victim […]
Why We Don’t Love Amazon HQ2; Let Us Count the Ways
By Neil Cosgrove (Photo Caption: Press conference and rally outside of the Pittsburgh P4 (Planet, People, Place, Profit) Conference at the David Lawrence Convention Center on April 26th. (Photo: Kim Dinh) A recent […]
A New Poor People’s Campaign
By Ginny Cunningham Beginning on May 13, and continuing through June 21, the Poor People’s Campaign invites participation in a national initiative addressing racism, economic exploitation, war and environmental degradation, and aiming […]
SW PA Bread Team Lobbies Congressional Members For Improvement In The Domestic and International Food Programs
BY JOYCE ROTHERMEL Those who gathered for the annual SW PA Bread Team Workshop on April 15 heard from presenters Margaret Tran, regional organizer for Bread for the World, and Dennis McManus, […]
COMCAST 21 TO AIR SHOW ON KOREA
BY CARLANA RHOTEN On Thursdays in May/June, COMCAST 21 (VERIZON FIOS 47) will be running an informative panel discussion putting the current conditions in South Korea, North Korea, and U.S. relationships in […]
We Remember: Caryl Conry Beal
BY LOIS GOLDSTEIN Think globally, act locally is a phrase that could have been written with Caryl Beal in mind. Caryl, who died on April 7, had strong beliefs that she linked […]
Stop Banking The Bomb Teach-In
BY Stop Banking the Bomb Campaign Four members from the Stop Banking the Bomb campaign presented at a teach-in at the University of Pittsburgh’s Barco Law Building on March 25. The educational […]
2018 New Person of The Year: Monica Ruiz
BY MONICA RUIZ Editor’s Note: Monica Ruiz is Community Organizer for Casa San Jose, an organization dedicated to assisting immigrants in the Pittsburgh region and a former project of the Thomas Merton […]
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