Mark Meade
Mark C. Meade is the assistant director of the Thomas Merton Center in Louisville and is a past president of the International Thomas Merton Society. In over 20 years at the Center, he has given tours to thousands of guests and presented internationally on Thomas Merton.
Events with Mark Meade
A Theology of Creativity: Thomas Merton & Praying with ArtDecember 4 - 6, 2026
A GUIDED RETREAT AND VISIT TO GETHSEMANI AND MERTON’S HERMITAGE Thomas Merton wrote: “The artist should preach nothing—not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony with every other kind of truth—moral, metaphysical and mystical.” The Trappist monk famous for his autobiography and spiritual writings was also a photographer and artist. Retreatants will journey through Merton’s life in art: his parents who were artists, his college cartoons, a religious conversion inspired by art, and his evolving style of photography and calligraphic drawings that parallel his growth and development…