MID.įirst place for a hard cover book in the area of Spirituality went to Spirituality: An Art of Livingby Benoît Standaert OSB, a monk of St.Petersburg, Florida, in June, Liturgical Press received awards for the works of two other Benedictines long associated with DIM ITMS gives the Thomas Merton Award to an individual who has written and published in the period between the General Meetings a work on Merton and his concerns that has brought provocative insight and fresh direction to Merton studies.Īt another organization’s annual meeting, the 2019 Catholic Media Conference held in St.
In presenting the award at its annual meeting, which took place June 27 - 30, 2019 – at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA., ITMS president, Mark Meade, said, “Father Anselmo is an example of someone who plans to let Merton’s model of dialogue guide his vocation as an Asian Christian monk in dialogue with the Buddhist and Zen monastic traditions.” He recently completed a doctorate in sacred theology at Regis College at the University of Toronto, Canada. Jaechan Anselmo Park OSB for Thomas Merton's Encounter with Buddhism and Beyond: His Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-monastic Exchanges, and Their Legacy. In this book, recently published by Liturgical Press, Father Anselmo explores Merton’s encounter with Zen and Tibetan Buddhists and his pioneering engagements in Buddhist-Christian dialogue.įather Anselmo is a monk of Saint Maurus and Saint Placidus Abbey in Waegwan, South Korea, and presently serves as superior of the abbey’s dependent foundation in Busan and as a member of the board of directors of DIM The International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS) presented its 2019 Thomas Merton Award to Fr.