He would become well traveled within his role in the church. He was a writer and a thinker with all the freedom to experience the life of a Roman Catholic and then write about it.
Some of his works were: The Sign of Jonas, No Man is an Island, New Seeds of Contemplation, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, The Way of Chuang Tzu, and Mystics and Zen Masters.
Since his death in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 1968, a number of his works have been published posthumously, including The Asian Journal, The Collected Poems, The Literary Essays, and five volumes selected from his letters. His Personal Journals (1939-1968), closed for twenty-five years after his death, have been published in seven volumes.
During the life as a monk, his younger brother, John Paul, would stay in touch with him. June of 1942 John Paul sent a letter to Merton stating he was joining the military and serve to fight the war. He came to visit Merton for the last time on July 17, 1942. Before John Paul left for service he joined the Catholic and was baptized. Nine months later John Paul died when his plane's engines failed over the English Channel. A poem appears his autobiography about John Paul.
Thomas Merton is now alone, except, for a possible illegitimate child from his younger days. There is little written in most accounting of any relationship with that child.
There is a webpage about John Paul Merton at his brother's site. (click here)
Some of his works were: The Sign of Jonas, No Man is an Island, New Seeds of Contemplation, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, The Way of Chuang Tzu, and Mystics and Zen Masters.
Since his death in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 1968, a number of his works have been published posthumously, including The Asian Journal, The Collected Poems, The Literary Essays, and five volumes selected from his letters. His Personal Journals (1939-1968), closed for twenty-five years after his death, have been published in seven volumes.
During the life as a monk, his younger brother, John Paul, would stay in touch with him. June of 1942 John Paul sent a letter to Merton stating he was joining the military and serve to fight the war. He came to visit Merton for the last time on July 17, 1942. Before John Paul left for service he joined the Catholic and was baptized. Nine months later John Paul died when his plane's engines failed over the English Channel. A poem appears his autobiography about John Paul.
Thomas Merton is now alone, except, for a possible illegitimate child from his younger days. There is little written in most accounting of any relationship with that child.
There is a webpage about John Paul Merton at his brother's site. (click here)
