A FORM OF WORSHIP IN WHICH EVERYONE IS INVOLVED

In May 1968, Thomas Merton told an informal gathering of contemplative women religious at the Abbey of Gethsemani:

“I think the whole thing needs to be changed, the whole idea of the priesthood has to be changed. I think we need to develop a whole new style of worship in which there is no need for one hierarchical person to have a big central place, a form of worship in which everyone is involved.”