Merton & Wuerl.There is more to Pittsburgh Bishop Donald Wuerl's rejection of Thomas Merton's inclusion in the new young-adult catechism catechism (kăt`əkĭzəm) [Gr.,=oral instruction], originally oral instruction in religion, later written instruction. Catechisms are usually written in the form of questions and answers. than his statement that "the generation we were speaking to had no idea who he was." Since the mid-1960s, one of the most progressive Catholic institutions in the Pittsburgh area has been the Thomas Merton Center The Thomas Merton Center is the home of a large collection of the works of Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani. It is located on the second floor of the W.L. Lyons Brown Library at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. . Most recently, the center has mobilized thousands of citizens in nonviolent protests against the Iraq war There have been considerable protests against the Iraq War in the buildup to and following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Between 2002 and 2005, protests were held in many cities worldwide, often coordinated to occur simultaneously around the world. . I cannot but surmise that the Merton Center is something of an embarrassment to the religious leadership in Pittsburgh. For Bishop Wuerl, a Pittsburgh native, to say that a whole generation has no idea who Merton was is disingenuous dis·in·gen·u·ous adj. 1. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who ... exemplified ... at best. Were he given another chance, I'd like to believe he would give a more honest reason for Merton's exclusion from the new catechism. ROBERT JEDRZEJEWSKI Tarentum, Pa. |
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