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Participants will investigate Thomas Merton’s life. Topics will include his varied writings and his influences in American literary circles. His writing is influenced by his conversion to Roman Catholicism, his vocation to the priesthood, his entrance into a monastic community, and his untimely death during the Vietnam War. An emphasis will be on his anti-war poetry and personal journals.
On 12/5/2024, the class will be meeting at St. Joseph's Abbey at 167 North Spenser Road in Spencer, Massachusetts 01562.
Instructor: Tom Brennan graduated from The Catholic University of America with a degree in Physics. He taught physics and mathematics in secondary schools. After he attained graduate degrees in Education from Fordham University and Computer Science from Pace University, he taught at Mercy College, St. Thomas Aquinas College, and the City University of New York. He was a book editor for a computer science journal, has published fiction and poetry, compiled a research book on writing and has written a memoir. He previously taught a WISE course on Robert Moses. He studied Merton’s writings in college at the Catholic University during the early 60’s and received a degree in Theology from Manhattan College in1969.
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