The International Thomas Merton Society, founded in 1987, is a learned society which studies the works of Thomas Merton. It sponsors conferences and co-publishes a journal, The Merton Seasonal. The society and the Thomas Merton Center are located at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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