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      BIOGRAPHY Michael W. Higgins was born on October 24, 1948 in Toronto, Ontario. Following primary school education at St. Thomas Aquinas School, he attended Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from St. Francis Xavier University (1970 magna cum laude), a Master of Arts ...

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series is comprised of publications and other media by Michael Higgins or contributed to by him concerning his scholarship on Thomas Merton. Included are: - A published booklet of a lecture/address for the Thomas Merton Society of Canada on Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen (2011); - ...

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series is comprised of records relating to Michael W. Higgins'major book publications. The records include correspondence, publishing contracts, working papers, research material, typescripts, interviews, publicity and advertising material, and some financial records. The records are arranged in 12 sub-series: 1) Thomas Merton: Pilgrim in Process (1983); ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Michael W. Higgins was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick effective July 1, 2006. He served as President there until December 31, 2009. During his tenure Dr. Higgins led the university through troubling times while at the same time making preparations for ...

      BIOGRAPHY Michael W. Higgins began his career as the author of various newspaper columns in 1986 by writing an Opinion column on religious issues for the"Toronto Star". The Opinion column appeared until 2006. Later he wrote a column on media trends for the"Kitchener-Waterloo Record"(2000-2006), a column on life and religion ...

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series is comprised of the current curriculum vitae of Michael W. Higgins, dated 2009. It includes personal information, degrees, employment history, administrative experience at St. Thomas University; addresses and talks, scholarly and professional activity while at St. Thomas University, administrative experience at St. Jerome's University, administrative ...

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series includes both personal and professional correspondence of Michael W. Higgins. Topics include family, friends, congratulatory letters and thank-you notes, newspaper columns, reviews, publications, professional associations, and professional activities and events. The records are arranged in separate files although both personal and professional topics are discussed ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY The International Thomas Merton Society was formed in 1987 to sustain interest in the life and work of Thomas Merton and his social and spiritual concerns. The Society sponsors retreats and biannual "General Meetings". The International Thomas Merton Society also publishes a newsletter,"The Merton Seasonal". The Society is ...

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series is comprised of miscellaneous publications and other media by Michael W. Higgins including: - a transcript of Remarks on the Occassion Dean Brian Hendley's Reception and Dinner (1999); - a transcript of remarks given at Douglas Letson's Farewell Dinner (1999); - poster and news articles ...

      SCOPE AND CONTENTS This series is comprised of copies of some of the many journal and magazine articles written by Michael W. Higgins on Catholicism, the Church, Synods, religious authors and persons. Included in the records are articles in such publications as The Tablet, Gamut, Grail, The Merton Seasonal, The ...

      The book, "Jean Vanier: Logician of the Heart" was written by Michael W. Higgins and published in 2016 by Liturgical Press: Collegeville, Minnesota. It is part of a series of inspiring biographies for the general reader called People of God. Dr. Higgins' contribution is the narrative of the life and ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY This book was written by Michael W. Higgins and published in 1998 by Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. This book re-examines the life and body of Merton's work by comparing Merton to his intellectual and spiritual hero, William Blake. SCOPE AND CONTENTS This sub-series of records ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY This book was written by Michael W. Higgins and published in 2006 by the House of Anansi Press, Inc., Toronto, Canada. The book examines the many facets of sainthood and explores why saints have continued to fascinate and inspire. SCOPE AND CONTENTS This sub-series of records for the ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY "The Unquiet Monk: Thomas Merton's Questing Faith" is a book written by Michael W. Higgins and was published in December, 2014 by Novalis Publishing Inc. in Canada and by Orbis in the United States. The book is meant to help identify the singularity of Merton's rich and sometimes ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY "Impressively Free" is co-authored by Michael W. Higgins and Kevin Burns. It was published by Paulist Press, Mahwah, N.J. in 2019. The book examines the foundation of Henri Nouwen's diverse vocations: his priesthood. It looks to Nouwen as a postconciliar prophet of a reformed presbyteral model and as ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY "Introducing John Moriarty: In His Own Words" is a book edited by Michael W. Higgins and Sean Aherne. It was published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, in 2019. John Moriarty, born in County Kerry, Ireland, was a poet, mystic, and philosopher with the ability to challenge modes of ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Dr. Michael W. Higgins was appointed Senior Executive in Residence at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, in 2010. At this time he was working on a biography of Henri J.M. Nouwen, an internationally renowned priest and author. Later in 2010 Sacred Heart University named Dr. Higgins Vice-President for ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY-BIOGRAPHY: THOMAS MERTON: FAITHFUL VISIONARY was authored by Michael W. Higgins and published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, in 2014. The book is part of a series of biographies called "People of God". It recounts the life of Thomas Merton and explores the various layers of influence and evolution ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY: THE MUTED VOICE:RELIGION AND THE MEDIA, published in 2000, was authored by Michael W. Higgins. The book is based on a series of lectures delivered at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the fall of 1998. The book laments the exclusion of religion from public ...

      ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY The book,"Thomas Merton: Pilgrim in Process" was edited by Michael W. Higgins and Donald Grayson. It was published in 1983 by Griffen House of Toronto: Canada. The book grew out of The Thomas Merton Symposium (May 11-13, 1978) and The People's Merton Festival (May 13-14, 1978), both of ...