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Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton was born January 31, 1915 in Prades, France. His father, Owen Merton born in New Zealand, was a painter who was active in Europe and the United States. (Wikipedia) His mother, Ruth Jenkins, was born in America and was an artist as well. (Wikipedia) He grew up and ended up going to Columbia University. While there he converted to Roman Catholicism. On December 10th, 1941 he entered the Abbey of Gethsemani, a community of monks belonging to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists), the most ascetic Roman Catholic monastic order. (Merton)
Merton spent 27 at Gethsemani, which changed his whole understanding of life. During this time he was impelled to show that race and peace were the two most urgent issues of his time. (Merton) He was a strong supporter of the non-violent civil rights movement, in which he faced a lot of criticism by non-Catholics and even some Catholics, because they said that his actions were "unbecoming of......

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