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Since 1993, The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland has been at the forefront of exploring the life & writings of Thomas Merton and his impact on the contemporary world, with conferences, retreats and the publication of the Merton Journal.

Grant light, grant strength and patience to all who work for peace … grant us prudence in proportion to our power, wisdom in proportion to our science, humaneness in proportion to our wealthy and might. And bless our earnest will to help all races and peoples to travel, in friendship with us, along the road to justice, liberty and lasting peace.

- Thomas Merton, Prayer for Peace

“Merton was above all a man of prayer, a thinker who challenged the certitudes of his time and opened new horizons for souls and for the Church. He was also a man of dialogue, a promoter of peace between peoples and religions.”

- Pope Francis

“It was Merton who introduced me to the real meaning of the word 'Christian' .... This was the first time that I had been struck by such a feeling of spirituality in anyone who professed Christianity.”

- Dalai Lama