Thomas Merton The Twelve Great Feasts Under the canopy of the

Under the canopy of the altar

racial injustice

Georgia to parents of Irish descent

offering spiritual comfort and giving them from his own meager food portions

service and forgiveness and one day heal and join

Thomas Merton The Twelve Great Feasts Under the canopy of theThomas Merton (1915 1968) Despite the numerous and notable Catholic witnesses, martyrs, and heroes in the troubled and violent history of faith in the 20th century, Thomas Merton is one of the most striking examples of the struggle to find God in the most godless centuries. Merton was born in France in World War I to bohemian artist parents of no genuine faith. When he lost his mother at an early age, he traveled with his painter father or was shunted