MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Rambusch, Robert E., d. 2017
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1957-1967
Volume: 21 item(s); 22 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Robert E. Rambusch and Merton discuss sacred art and liturgy.
Biography
Robert Rambusch was a Liturgical Design Consultant, who having trained with Frank Kacmarcik, later consulted for numerous cathedral designs and renovations. In his younger life, after the Second World War, Rambusch got involved in Catholic Action groups. He later studied liturgy and attended the Center for Sacred Art in Paris. Rambusch and his friend Frank Kacmarcik and his friend visit Gethsemani in October of 1960. Merton notes in his personal journal of being "a little suspicious of the intense activation and restlessness of some of these liturgical enthusiasts", although noting he has "[n]othing against liturgy" (personal journals, 1960/10/16).
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See also the "Kacmarcik, Frank" and "Hovda, Robert" files.
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