This time it will not be at the Abbey of Gethsemani (spiritual home of the late Trappist monk Thomas Merton, one of the modern day fathers of contemplative spirituality who mixed Buddhism with Christianity). (Here is the new retreat site: <a href="http://www.lorettocommunity.org/who-we-are/loretto-motherhouse/)">http://www.lorettocommunity.org/who-we-are/loretto-motherhouse/)</a> But the influence of Merton, Henri Nouwen and other mystics are just the same.