William H. Shannon, an internationally known Merton scholar and priest of the diocese of Rochester, New York, was the general editor to more than 4,000 Merton letters. Msgr. Shannon was alsoa religious studies professor and first president of the International Thomas Merton Society.

William J. O’Malley, S.J., is a legendary high school teacher who began his career as a Latin and English teacher at Brooklyn Prep in 1957 and who taught English and theology at Fordham Prep in the Bronx for twenty-five years. He has also been an adjunct assistant professor of theology at Fordham University and has taught at several other universities around the country. In 1990 he was awarded the F. Sadlier Dinger Award for outstanding contributions to religious education in America. O’Malley has authored forty books, hundreds of articles, produced...

William Kelley is the co-recipient of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Witness, starring Harrison Ford, universally acclaimed as one of the finest screenplays in Hollywood history. He has also written five novels and dozens of scripts for television and film.

Wolfgang Beinert is Professor of Dogmatics and the History of Dogmatics at the University of Regensburg, Germany.

Yves Congar was a French Dominican cardinal and theologian.