Edinburgh - Saturday 8 December 2018  

The Spiritual Roots of Protest – Thomas Merton's Enduring Legacy

A Day of Reflection with Jim Forest

on the 50th Anniversary of Merton's Death

Walpole Hall, 27 Chester St, Edinburgh EH3 7EN

10.30am for 11.00am – 3.30pm   Includes refreshments and lunch    Cost: By donation 

The day has been organised by The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland in conjunction with St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.   To book email: forest@thomasmertonsociety.org.uk

Glasgow -  Tuesday 11th December 2018

An Evening with Jim Forest

7:00pm-9:00pm     St George's Tron, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JX

An evening to hear Jim’s unique insight on the development of Christian thinking on peace and nonviolence by those who helped to shape it.

All welcome!

Hosted by the UK Province of the Xaverian Missionaries, the Bishop’s Conference of Scotland’s Justice and Peace Commission, and Pax Christi Scotland

Jim Forest

A writer, activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship in the United Stated, Jim knew, worked with and has written about some of the great peacemakers of the 20th Century including Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Daniel Berrigan.

Jim has been a tireless worker for peace since the early 1960s when was a co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship.

He is one of the few people still living who knew Merton as a friend and co-worker. 

In 1988, Jim was received into the Orthodox Church. Since 1989, he has been international secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. 

He currently lives with his wife Nancy at Alkmaar, The Netherlands.  Jim has written 11 books including biographies of Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day & Daniel Berrigan.

Next meeting 16th October 2018

Please email to find out more.

"We need round-table discussions to keep trained minds from becoming academic.

We need round-table discussions to keep untrained minds from becoming superficial.

We need round-table discussions to learn from scholars how things would be, if they were as they should be." 

Peter Maurin

Next witness will be on Saturday3rd November 2018.

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