A reflective day for Advent based around the life, work and witness of Thomas Merton

Led by Fr Dan Horan

Saturday 2 December

10.30 am – 4.00 pm

Cost £30 Concessions £20

Please bring a packed lunch.  Coffee and tea provided

This retreat day for Advent, inspired by the life, work and witness of Thomas Merton, will be led by Father Dan. The day will include talks, periods of meditation and a shared act of reflective worship. Please bring some lunch to share.

Daniel P. Horan OFM is a Franciscan friar from Boston, USA now based in Chicago where he teaches theology and spirituality at the Catholic Theological Union. In addition he is a columnist for America magazine, and a member of the International Thomas Merton Society Board of Directors. He is the author of six books, including The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton, as well as dozens of scholarly and popular articles. He has given lectures, led retreats and workshops, and delivered academic papers throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, on the theological and social significance of the work of Thomas Merton, as well as, more widely, on the intersection of the Millennial Generation and spirituality.