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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Botte, Gregorio, Fr., O.F.M.

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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Biography

Fr. Gregorio Botte was a Franciscan writing from Mount Alvernia Seminary in Wappinger Falls, New York.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/01/12 TLSto MertonI have to give a set of talks to a group of contemplative nuns in Boston during the first week of  requesting Merton's article "Openness and Cloister" and other materials on aggiornamento, or reform, of the contemplative religious orders
 1968/01/26 TL[c]from MertonThe article you refer to has not yet appeared in Spiritual Life. I have a mimeographed copy which I  sending a couple of his articles on aggiornamento of religious life / recommends other articles and books that are good and some that are bad on the subject / Fr. Walgrave's book on Dominican reform
        

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