Complex sentence: The Society publishes its own journal, The Merton Journal, organises conferences and retreats, and is an affiliated society of the ITMS which is based at the Thomas Merton Centre in Louisville, Kentucky.
Split into simpler sentences: The Society publishes its own journal, The Merton Journal, and organises conferences and retreats. It is an affiliated society of the International Thomas Merton Society which is based at the Thomas Merton Centre in Louisville, Kentucky.