Patrick Hart, OCSO, (1925-2019), a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1951 and served as secretary to Thomas Merton during the last year of his life. He edited many books by and about Thomas Merton during the thirty-eight years since the latter's death on December 10, 1968. He had served on the board of directors for Cistercian Publications for the past thirty years.

One of the more comprehensive and balanced books on Merton to appear lately. . . .The Louisville Courier-Journal

• ContentsForeword   1Introduction   3Within a Tradition of Prayer, Michael Casey   25The Far East, Joseph Chu- Công   49Pilgrim: Freedom Bound, Hilary Costello   67High Culture and Spirituality, Lawrence S. Cunningham   85A Monastic Exchange of Letters: Leclercq and Meron, Patrick Hart   91Poetry as Exemplification of the Monastic Journey, Victor A. Kramer   111The Solitary Life, Dorothy LeBeau   133A Coincidence of Opposites, Jean Leclercq   157Signs and Sources of Spiritual Growth, Elena Malits   171Ecclesiological Development, Mary L. Schneider   181The Spirituality of Peace, Gordon C. Zahn   199Epilogue: A Memoir, Timothy Kelly   217Notes   227Notes on Contributors   239

Patrick Hart, OCSO, (1925-2019), a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1951 and served as secretary to Thomas Merton during the last year of his life. He edited many books by and about Thomas Merton during the thirty-eight years since the latter's death on December 10, 1968. He had served on the board of directors for Cistercian Publications for the past thirty years.

One of the more comprehensive and balanced books on Merton to appear lately. . . .The Louisville Courier-Journal

• ContentsForeword   1Introduction   3Within a Tradition of Prayer, Michael Casey   25The Far East, Joseph Chu- Công   49Pilgrim: Freedom Bound, Hilary Costello   67High Culture and Spirituality, Lawrence S. Cunningham   85A Monastic Exchange of Letters: Leclercq and Meron, Patrick Hart   91Poetry as Exemplification of the Monastic Journey, Victor A. Kramer   111The Solitary Life, Dorothy LeBeau   133A Coincidence of Opposites, Jean Leclercq   157Signs and Sources of Spiritual Growth, Elena Malits   171Ecclesiological Development, Mary L. Schneider   181The Spirituality of Peace, Gordon C. Zahn   199Epilogue: A Memoir, Timothy Kelly   217Notes   227Notes on Contributors   239