Thomas Merton - Wisdom

Tree Sections - North Bend State Park West Virginia

These sections of  large trees are in the lodge at North Bend State Park in West Virginia. The note on the large tree section states that the tree was a white oak that lived to be 227 years in age.

"Perhaps I am stronger than I think." - Thomas Merton

One touch of nature makes all the world kin. - John Muir

Thomas Merton and the Loretto Community, Kentucky

Fall foliage - Loretto, Kentucky

The Loretto Motherhouse is located on a working farm in Marion County, Kentucky.  The Sisters of Loretto is an American congregation founded in 1812 by Reverend Charles Nerinckx.  The congregation is dedicated to education of youth. The Motherhouse is located on the site of home of Rev. Stephen T. Badin, the first priest ordained in the U.S. Father Badin was ordained in 1793.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
                                                                                                                                 -- Thomas Merton