Jonathan Montaldo

Jonathan Montaldo is a writer, editor, and a contemplative retreat presenter. His renditions of Thomas Merton’s writing include "A Year with Thomas Merton," "Dialogues with Silence," "Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation," "Thomas Merton in His Own Words," and "Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton." He was the principal editor of "The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals" with Brother Patrick Hart of Gethsemani Abbey. He edited the second volume of Merton’s private journals, published in seven volumes by HarperCollins, under the title "Entering the Silence (1945-1959)".

Jonathan served as director of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University (1998-2001), the official archive of the writer’s legacy. He was Associate Director for the Merton Institute for Contemplative Living in Louisville, Kentucky (2006-2009), for which he created "Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton," a ten-booklet resource for small group dialogue. He also was the director and retreat master (2007-2009) for Bethany Spring, the Merton Institute’s Retreat Center, one mile from Merton’s Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey.

He narrated five audiobooks of Merton’s work: "New Seeds of Contemplation," "No Man Is An Island," "Thoughts in Solitude," "Contemplative Prayer," and "The Intimate Merton." He co-narrated "Praying with Thomas Merton," a two-set CD with the book’s editor and musician Dr. Kathleen Deignan of Iona College.

He served as Co-General Editor of the nine volumes of "Merton and World Religions" with V. Gray Henry, director of Fons Vitae Publishing. He also edited "We Are Already One: Reflections on Thomas Merton’s Centenary. 1915-2015"

He edited with Lynn. R. Szabo the forthcoming "Envoy of Hope: Ladilaus Boros in His Own Words" (Monkfish, 2027).