Engaged Spirituality: East & West

Engaged Spirituality: East & West

Meditating with Thich Nhat Hanh &Thomas Merton
Saturday, September 24, 2022
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Benedictine Sisters
840 S. Main St
Mt Angel, OR 97362

Presenters -  Peggy Lindquist, Order of Interbeing, and Terry Moe, Lutheran Pastor

On May 28, 1966 two monks from separate corners of the world met. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist Zen Master in the Order of Interbeing, on a visit to the United States sponsored byMFellowship of Reconciliation traveled to meet Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and priest. They met at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky where Thomas Merton, then 51 years old, embraced Thich Nhat Hanh. then 39, as a brother.

“I have said Nhat Hanh is my brother, and it is true. We are both monks, and we have
lived the monastic life about the same number of years. We are both poets, both
existentialists. I have far more in common with Nhat Hanh than I have with many
Americans, and I do not hesitate to say it.”

This day retreat offers…

  •  Spiritual practices from their respective traditions

  •  Reflections on their lives and writings especially from the period 1966–1968

  •  Focus on the meaning of their meeting and subsequent teachings especially related to an engaged spirituality east and west

  •  An invitation for personal and collective discernment around the practices of an engaged spirituality for 2022 and beyond

Presenters Peggy Lindquist, Order of Interbeing, and Terry Moe, Lutheran Pastor, have worked together 2007 – 2012 piloting a variety of seminars and retreats featuring Buddhist and Christian practitioners and teachers including Thich Nhat Hanh and Thomas Merton, Joanna Macy andThomas Berry, Thich Nhat Hanh and Ilia Delio, to name a few.

To register, call Benedictine Sisters, 503 845-2556 or send a check to Benedictine Sisters,840 S. Main St., Mt. Angel, OR 97362, Attn: Sr. Dorothy Jean, 3 days before the retreat.

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