Professor Michael Higgins of the University of Waterloo offered this seminar. The venue for this seminar was the Kitchener Public Library, where approximately 35 people were in attendance. Thomas Merton has been the single most influential American Catholic spiritual author of the twentieth century. Merton knew God personally and he wrote theology from his own contemplative experience. According to Merton, "Contemplation transforms our consciousness and forces us to see reality in a new and totally different light. It gives a sense of oneness not only with God but with the whole of reality that exists only because it is grounded in God." In this talk, Professor Higgins gave us an account of the personality of Thomas Merton and his spirituality.
