Cleveland Commonweal Local Community Network

A DAY WITH THOMAS MERTON AND FRIENDS November 17, 2018 Presented by Baldwin Wallace University and the Cleveland Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society, with a grant from the International Thomas Merton Society Sister Donna Kristoff OSU writes: Direct this info to all young adult groups, family members, high schools and colleges, churches and social service venues of which you are in touch. The day, including lunch, is free! We received a grant from the International Thomas Merton Society to assist the program. Please help us advertise this wonderful Merton intergenerational interchange! See web link above. HOW A MONK LEARNS MERCY Thomas Merton & the Rule of St. Benedict September 26, 2018 Luke Timothy Johnson writes: I have read Thomas Merton off and on since I was thirteen, and over those sixty years have gone through stages of admiration, emulation, disenchantment, and rediscovery. Like many other readers, I have been impressed by the impor...

Meeting Place and Directions The Resurrection Room of Saint Noel Parish, 35200 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, OH 44094. An overview of the Parish, and driving directions is provided by the following post: SAINT NOEL PARISH LOCATION Meeting Time and Format 6:00 pm hospitality hour for meeting new people, becoming reacquainted, and more deeply acquainted.  Commonweal send out an E-mail on October 11th inviting readers in the Cleveland area to come to our October Meeting. How much time we spend becoming acquainted or reacquainted will depend upon how many new people show up.  At the last meeting it was suggested that we have prayer at our meetings, and that the responsibility for leading the prayer be rotated among members. We will become more acquainted by sharing what forms of prayer we have experienced, what we found helpful or unhelpful. Then we will try taking a more expansive and deeper view of prayer, e.g. finding God in all things. All this should be h...