• Easter 1994. Vol.1 No.1
• Advent 1994. Vol.1 No.2
• Easter 1995. Vol.2 No.1
• Advent 1995. Vol.2 No.2
• Easter 1996. Vol.3 No.1
• Advent 1996. Vol.3 No.2
• Easter 1997. Vol.4 No.1
• Advent 1997. Vol.4 No.2
• Easter 1998. Vol.5 No.1
• Advent 1998. Vol.5 No.2
• Easter 1999. Vol.6 No.1
• Advent 1999. Vol.6 No.2
• Easter 2000. Vol.7 No.1
• Advent 2000. Vol.7 No.2
• Easter 2001. Vol.8 No.1
• Advent 2001. Vol.8 No.2
• Easter 2002. Vol.9 No.1
• Advent 2002. Vol.9 No.2
• Easter 2003. Vol.10 No.1
• Advent 2003. Vol. 10 No.2
• Easter 2004. Vol. 11 No.1
• Advent 2004. Vol. 11 No.2
• Easter 2005. Vol. 12 No.1
• Advent 2005. Vol. 12 No. 2
• Easter 2006. Vol. 13.1
• Advent 2006. Vol. 13.2
• Easter 2007. Vol. 14.1
• Advent 2007. Vol. 14.2

The Easter 1994 issue, Vol.1 No.1 included

• Thomas Merton and the Asian Tradition by Venerable Sobhano.
• Alienation and Solitude by Monica Furlong.
• Notes on Poems by David Scott.
• The Monastic Way by Melvyn Matthews.
• Serbian Diary by Jim Forest.
• Books about Merton by Ian Thomson.
• A review of Ron Seitz's Song For Nobody by Paul M Pearson.

The Advent 1994 issue, Vol.1 No.2 included

• Following the Cosmic Dance by Esther de Waal.
• Praying with Thomas Merton by Lindsay Nevin.
• The Good Heart by Laurence Freeman.
• Grace's House by Selima Hill.
• Right Seeing by Dick Landon.
• A Contemplative in the City by Bill Kirkpatrick.
• All Shall Be Well by Thomas del Prete.
• Thomas Merton and the Shakers by Bernard van Waes.

The Easter 1995 issue, Vol.2 No.1 included

• Thomas Merton and the Christ of the Byzantine Icons by Jim Forest.
• Fr Louis' Mertonia by Hilary Costello. OCSO.
• A Girl Called Owen by Selima Hill.
• Poetry by Michael Woodward.
• Nova Notivitas by Sebastian Moore. OSB.
• One who passes by, a poem by Chris McDonnell.
• Merton-Milosz, Milosz-Merton by David Scott.
• Abbatial Blessing by Donal Murray.
• Two Mountains Never Meet by Venerable Sobhano.
• The Art of Serious Correspondence by Paul M Pearson.
• Merton's Journals by Patrick Hart. OCSO.

The Advent 1995 issue, Vol.2 No.2 included

• Thomas Merton and T.S. Eliot: Poets in Search of a Soul by Robert Waldron.
• Merton and the Changing Days by Chris McDonnell.
• A Journey of Hope by Ruth Andrews.
• Explorers in the Dark Night by Peter C. King.
• Theotokos by Sebastian Moore. OSB.
• Rain on Marshal Tito Square by Venerable Sobhano.
• Poems by Michael Woodward.
• A Selection of Book Reviews.

The Easter 1996 issue, Vol.3 No.1 included

• The Jesus Lama: An Interview with Harold Talbott.
• Thomas Merton's 80th Birthday by Patrick Hart. OCSO.
• The Mystery of God by Terry Tastard.
• Mount Saint Bernard by Ian Thomson.
• Sufism: the 'Strange Subject' by Terry Graham.
• By Their Metaphors Shall You Know Them by Paul M. Pearson.
• Sunset over Serbia by Ajahn Sobhano.
• Cas Cavernas by Ernesto Cardenal.
• A Selection of Book Reviews.

The Advent 1996 issue, Vol.3 No.2 included

• The Output of Poetry of Permanent Value during the Present Century has been Negligible - an essay by Thomas Merton written at Oakham School and published here for the first time.
• God and Merton the Monk, two poems by Padraig Daly.
• Thomas Merton's Vision of the Unity of East and West in Christendom by A.M.Allchin.
• Icon Restorer, a poem by Sara Jane Kingston.
• Silence at Amravati by Dom Aldhelm Cameron-Brown. OSB.
• I Am Raftery, a poem translated by Seamus Heaney.
• Reaching Agapia by Ajahn Sobhano.
• Watercolour on Watercolour, a poem by David Scott.
• Dream, a poem by Chris McDonnell.
• A Mirror of My Own Character and Conscience, a review of the first two volumes of Merton's complete journals by Paul M Pearson.
• Merton and Reuther, reviews of their published letters by Patrick Hart OCSO and John Challenor.

The Easter 1997 issue, Vol.4 No.1 included

• Thomas Merton's Journey with William Blake by Thea van Dam.
• Thomas Merton's Cambridge 1933 - A Poem by David Scott.
• Merton and Moscow by Andrei Kirilenkov.
• Eva Gay - A Novel Revisited by Peter C. King.
• Three Poems by Padraig Daly.
• Reginald Somerset-Ward by Richard Somerset-Ward.
• Two Poems by Michael Woodward.
• In the Beginning - A Word by Gary Hall.
• Is There Something - Or Nothing? by Catharina Stenqvist.
• All Things to All Men - Merton as Letter-Writer by Ian Thomson.
• Merton Resources - An Outline by Paul M Pearson.
• Book Reviews by Brother Patrick Hart, Danny Sullivan and Tony Pannet.

The Advent 1997 issue, Vol.4 No.2 included

• Thomas Merton and the Contemplative Tradition by Dom Aldhelm Cameron-Brown.
• Dreamblood - A Poem by Laurie Petch.
• Thomas Merton and Meister Eckhart by Oliver Davies.
• Three Poems by Padraig Daly.
• Patmos Journal: In Search of Thomas Merton with Robert Lax by Brother Patrick Hart.
• Three Poems by Michael Woodward.
• An Interview with Rabbi Hugo Gryn.
• Our Hidden Ground - A Poem by Chris McDonnell.
• Meditating and the Art of Doing Time by Sister Eileen McInnes.
• Community - An Exercise in Solitude by Stefan Reynolds.
• Two Poems by Sara Jane Kingston.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Monika Clare Ghoshe, Lindsay Nevin and Danny Sullivan.

The Easter 1998 issue, Vol.5 No.1 included

• The Letters of St. Anthony of Egypt and Thomas Merton's Silent Life by Dominic Walker.
• Robert E. Daggy - A Tribute by Paul M Pearson.
• Denise Levertov: A Correspondence by David Scott.
• Two Poems by Padraig Daly.
• Thomas Merton and the Experience of Contemplation by Elizabeth Rimmer.
• Two Poems by Eileen Sagar.
• Tibet Comes to Wales by Michael Woodward.
• A Priest at the Crematorium by David Scott.
• Shadows by Bob Hudson.
• A Retreat at Gethsemani by Kathleen Archer.
• Book Reviews by Melvyn Matthews, Paul M Pearson, and Laurie Petch.

The Advent 1998 issue, Vol.5 No.2 included

• A Hitherto Unpublished Letter from Thomas Merton.
• Merton and Selfhood by Patrick Woodhouse.
• Two Poems by Bonnie Thurston.
• Thomas Merton and the Christian Search for Wholeness and Holiness by Paul M Pearson.
• Three Poems by Padraig Daly.
• The Santa Claus of Loneliness by Bill Long.
• An Island Retreat by Nigel Dees.
• A Review of Learning to Love by Paul M Pearson.
• Book Reviews by Peter C. King and David Scott.

The Easter 1999 issue, Vol.6 No.1 included

• Contemplative Pastor, Contemplative Church: Spirituality for a Dark Age by Melvyn Matthews.
• Two Poems by Michael Woodward.
• Thomas Merton, Czeslaw Milosz and Robinson Jeffers: Poets of Attention by Robert G. Waldron.
• The Poetry of Mary Oliver by Bonnie Thurston.
• The Priestliness of the Human Heart by John O'Donohue.
• Two Poems by Padraig Daly.
• Not Reduced to Silence by the Darkness by Tony Pannett.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Tony Pannett and Michael Woodward.

The Advent 1999 issue, Vol.6 No.2 included

• The Gift to be Simple: Thomas Merton and the Inner City by David Emmott.
• The Serbian Orthodox Church: Not What We Have Been Led to Believe by Jim Forest.
• Poems by Simon Bailey.
• The University Sermon by A.M. Allchin.
• Out of India: Towards a More Inclusive Spirituality by Patrick Woodhouse.
• Hungry Ghosts by Chris McDonnell.
• Water out of Sunlight by Diana Walls.
• Contemplative Prayer: A Commentary by Michael Woodward.
• A Visit to Chithurst by Thea van Dam.
• The Intimate Merton A Review by Paul M Pearson.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, David Scott, Danny Sullivan, Ian Thomson and Dominic Walker, OGS.

The Easter 2000 issue, Vol.7 No.1 included

• Thomas Merton's Journey to the Undivided Church by Jim Forest.
• Your Garden - 'One Good Place' by Anne Cluysenaar.
• The Country of Standing Still by Bill Long.
• Are There Any Monastic Vocations in the World Today by Patrick Barry.
• Five Poems by Tan Issaramuni.
• Shared Facts, Different Stories: The Mother of Thomas Merton by Sheila M. Hempstead Milton.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Pat O'Connell, and Michael Woodward

The Advent 2000 issue, Vol.7 No.2 included

• Robert Lax: An Appreciation by Arthur W. Biddle.
• Patmos Poet by Chris McDonnell.
• Living with Wisdom: A Preface by Jim Forest.
• Models of Self-Emptying Love by Alexander Webster.
• Theravada Buddhist Monasticism in the West - A Person View by Kim Wolfe Murray..
• Poems by Pat O'Brien.
• Infinity in a Grain of Salt by Gary Hall.
• Poems by Bonnie Thurston.
• Passion and Prejudice - An Ecumenical Exploration by Murdoch MacKenzie.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Robert Waldron, David Barton, and David Scott.

The Easter 2001 issue, Vol.8 No.1 included

• Poetry and Contemplation by Patrick F. O'Connell.
• Poems by David Scott, Michael Woodward, Bonnie Thurston and David Hodges, OCSO.
• The "M" Pire and Interview with William McNamara and Tessa Bielecki.
• Jesus and the Buddha by Sebastian Moore.
• Thomas Merton's Antipoetry by Sonia Petisco.
• The Pointing Finger by Michael Woodward.
• The Abbey Dore Merton Group by Christine Hemson.
• Visions of Tom: Jack Kerouac's Monastic Elder Brother by Angus Stuart.
• Book Reviews by Kathleen Archer, David Scott, and Paul M Pearson.

The Advent 2001 issue, Vol.8 No.2 included

• Poetry of the Sneeze: Thomas Merton and Nicanor Parra by Paul M Pearson.
• Poems by Ian Kennedy, Rupert M Loydell, David Scott, and Tom Renaud.
• "Known to One Another in God": Merton and Pasternak by David Scott.
• Roots and Wings: Thomas Merton and Alan Watts as Twentieth Century Archetypes by Peter C King.
• Louisville 2001: Fragments of a Journal by David Scott and Angus Stuart.
• My First Experience of Thomas Merton by Kevin O'Connell.
• Gerry Williams: September 4th 1924 - June 8th 2001: A Reflection by Tony Pannett.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson and David Scott.

The Easter 2002 issue, Vol.9 No.1 included

• Contemplation in a World of Violence I by James Allison.
• Poems by Bonnie Thurston, James Kelly, David Scott, Freda Ackroyd, David Hodges and Nora Tunney.
• Contemplation in a World of Violence II by Sebastian Moore.
• A Reflection for the Eucharist on the Occasion of the Assault on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by Bede Hill, OSB.
• A Visit with Robert Lax by James Uebbing.
• Being with Bob: An Account of Some Time Spent on Patmos with Lax by Jen Harford.
• The Heart has Reasons Reason Knows Nothing Of... by Negeen Zinovieff.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Patrick F. O'Connell and Michael Woodward.

The Advent 2002 issue, Vol.9 No.2 included

• Thomas Merton's Place in the New Millenium by Patrick Hart, OCSO.
• Reflections on the Encounter Between Christianity and Islam by Anothony O'Mahony.
• Poems by Heather Lyons, James Kelly, Padraig Daly, Jay Ramsay, and David Scott.
• Beyond Gender by Fiona Gardner.
• Demythologising Our Times: Living Humanly in the Twenty First Century by Peter King.
• Pilgrimage to Prades: 13-23 May 2002 by Larry Culliford.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Tony Pannett and Keith Griffin.

The Easter 2003 issue, Vol.10 No.1 included

• Ian Thomson, 1934-2003: An Appreciation by Danny Sullivan.
• Contemplation in a World of Violence II: The Strangeness of this Passivity by James Allison.
• Poems by Padraig Daly, David Hodges, Thomas Merton and Bonnie Thurston.
• Contemplation in a World of Violence II: Peace in a Time of Terror by Sebastian Moore.
• Demythologising Our Times: Work in Progress by Gary Hall.
• Kathleen Raine and Loran Hurnscot: An Astonishing Synchronicity by Robert Waldron.
• A Second Round of Merton’s Beer, or Mysticism Incarnate by Stanislaw Obirek.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson and Michael Woodward.

The Advent 2003 issue, Vol.10 No.1 included

• A Spirituality for the Advent City: Thomas Merton’s Monasticism Without Walls by Jeffrey F. Keuss.
• Christianity and Islam in the Thought of Louis Massignon by Anthony O'Mahony.
• Poems by Gavin Keulks, Douglas Scott, Bonnie Thurston, Thomas Merton and Patrick Bond.
• Thomas Merton’s Inner Landscape: A Glimpse of the Seventh Direction by Larry Culliford.
• Thomas Merton and Scripture by Fiona Gardner.
• The Paradox of Place: Thomas Merton’s Photography by Paul M Pearson.
• ‘Only Connect…’ Thomas Merton, E. M. Forster and the East by Robert Waldron.
• My Experience of a Chilean Lay Community by Dominic Marshall.
• Meeting Thomas Merton by Jim Forest.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Angus Stuart, Peter King, David Scott and Michael Woodward.

The Easter 2004 issue, Vol.11, No.1 included

• Meeting Thomas Merton II by Jim Forest.

• Thomas Merton and Dr. Gregory Zilboorg: Understanding the Dynamics by Fiona Gardner.

• Poems by Keith Griffin and Bonnie Thurston.

• Song of Life: Merton, Music and Jazz by Kenneth J. Gray.

• Christian Monks and Monasticism in Islam by Anthony O'Mahony.

• "It Is There All the Time..." Merton As a Guide to Awareness by Esther de Waal.

• The Prophets of Dialogue: Massignon, Monchanin and Merton by Michael L. Fitzgerald..

• Book Reviews by Angus Stuart.

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The Advent 2004 issue, Vol.11, No.2 included

• Czeslaw Milosz on Merton by Czeslaw Milosz.
• The 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions (Barcelona, July 7-13) by Fernando Beltrán Llavador.
• Thresholds by Patrick Eastman.
• Thomas Merton and Alan Watts: Contemplative Catholic and Oriental Anarchist by Ron Dart.
• Thomas Merton and Don Cupitt: Artist-Monk and Poetic-Theologian by Nigel Martin.
• Thomas Merton and Gregorian Chant by Joseph Anderson.
• Poems by Angus Stuart, M. L. Stewart and Heather Lyons.
• A New Monos for A New Monasticism by Art Grimley.
• Growing A Merton Workshop Within by M. L. Stewart.
• Book Reviews by Paul M Pearson, Gary P. Hall and Nigel Martin.

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The Easter 2005 issue, Vol.12, No.1 included

• Merton at Ninety by A.M. Allchin..
• A Meditation for Maundy Thursday by Angus Stuart.
• The Courage Not to Abstain from Speaking by Archbishop Rowan Williams.
• Thomas Merton and Philip Toynbee: Diarists of Darsan by Robert Waldron.
• Understanding Failure by Jim Forest..
• Thomas Merton's Contribution to 20th Century Spirituality: An Appraisal by Philip Sheldrake..
• Poems by David Hodges and David Scott.
• Book Reviews by Kathleen Deignan and Fiona Gardner.

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The Advent 2005 issue, Vol.12, No.2 included

• Contemplation in a World of Terror: Roots and Responses by Dickon Bevington.
• A Reflection on Peace in the Christian Era by Thomas Merton by Gerard W Hughes, S.J.
• Abraham Joshua Heschel and Thomas Merton: Dialogue and Difference by Susanne Jennings.
• A Great Day: A Homily by Fr. Matthew Kelty OCSO by Matthew Kelty OCSO.
• Thomas Merton and Islam by Agnes Wilkins, OSB.
• Poems by Keith Griffin, Heather Lyons and George Marsh.
• Book Reviews by Padraig Daly, Gary Hall,  Heather Lyons, Paul M Pearson and David Scott.

The Easter 2006 issue, Vol.13, No.1 included

• Of Many Things by James Martin.
• Always Beyond - The Cave of the Heart: The Life of Swami Abhishiktananda by Shirley du Boulay, review essay by Tony Pannett.
• Merton and the Early Carmelites: Voices Crying in the Wilderness by Valerie Edden.
• Merton Today: No Guilty Bystander by Gerry McFlynn.
• Mending Walls: The Changing Forms of Thomas Merton's Poetic Imagination by Patrick F. O'Connell.
• Thomas Merton and the West Coast Counter-Culture: Monastic Vocation and the Challenge to Conformity by Angus F. Stuart.
• A Book I Can Recommend by Geoffrey Burn.
• Reflections of the Sixth General Meeting and Conference of the TMS-GBI by Larry Culliford and Mary Pearson.
• Poems by Harriet Tarlo.
• Book Reviews by Gary Hall,  Keith Griffin, and Robert Waldron.

The Advent 2006 issue, Vol. 13, No.2, included:

• Donald Allchin - "Can We Do Wales Then?"
• William Apel - There Comes A Time: The Interfaith Letters of Thomas Merton and Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy.
• Peter Smith - Merton Works Discovered: Editor Donates Proofs, Drafts to Bellarmine Center.
• Fiona Gardner - Birds of a Feather: Reflections on the Birds of Appetite and the Bird of Paradise.
• Paul M Pearson - Obituaries: Abbot Flavian Burns and Sister Mary Luke Tobin.
• Gosia Poks - Towards the Awakened Self” ‘Rites for the Extrusion of a Leper’ and ‘Atlas and the Fatman’.
• Gosia Poks - Jan of the Ladybird: An Introduction to the Poetry of Jan Twardowski.
• Book Reviews by Mara MacSeonin, David Scott, Paul M Pearson, Barrie Shipgood, Ross Labrie and Kathleen Deignan.
• Poems by Donald Eadie and Jan Twardowski.

The Easter 2007 issue, Vol. 14, No.1, included:

• Selvanayagam, Israel. “Gandhi on Non-Violence: Does Merton’s Appreciation Appeal Today.”
• Hunter, Judith. “Exploding the Argument: The Mim Tea Estate and Polonnaruwa.”
• Herron, Fred W. and Michael J. Herron. “A World-Embracing Prophet: Catholic Imagination and the Transcultural Believer.”
• Sutter, Herman. “How Do We Know? Merton, Dostoevsky and the Question of God.”
• Book Reviews by Nicola Slee, Kenneth Carveley, Tony Pannett, Patrick Eastman, Keith James and Keith Griffin.
• Poems by Bonnie Thurston and Kenneth Steven.

The Advent 2007 issue, Vol. 14, No.2, included:

• Dart, Ron. “Thomas Merton and the Mountains.”
• Szabo, Lynn. “Thomas Merton’s Incarnational Poetics.”
• Waldron, Robert. “Thomas Merton’s Prufrockian Moment Transcended: A Journey From Fear to the Exquisite Risk of Love.”
• Porter, J. S. “Thomas Merton and Adolf Eichmann.”
• Page, Christopher. “Thomas Merton’s Exploration of the Desert Landscape of the Human Heart.”
• Book Reviews by Patricia A. Burton, David Scott, A. M. Allchin, Paul M. Pearson, Ross Labrie, Les McKeown, Heather Lyons and Angus Stuart.
• Poems by Doug Beardsley, Susan McCaslin and Antoinette Voute Roeder.

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