Alice Kathryn Casper lived in Louisville, Kentucky at the time of correspondence with Merton.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1962/no/no |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ for Alice Kathryn with Christmas prayers and blessings 1962 [-] f m Louis |
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[note and signature inside the book A Thomas Merton Reader, see Sub-Section B.6 for original book]
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| 2. |
1965/01/02 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Have I acknowledged all the Masses you sent in? This morning I said the one for the repentance |
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Mississippi trial and involvement of a Christian minister and even bishops' "support of great evils" / hope in the Second Vatican Council
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| 3. |
1965/01/05 |
TALS to Merton |
Enclosed is offering for your birthday Mass. May the next half century make you 100% one with Jesus |
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St. John of the Cross / situation in the South
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| 4. |
1965/03/28 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for the two Easter Masses and for your good letter. Here we are all more or less down with |
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responds to Casper's problems with the new liturgy - wrong for some eager to make changes to make others feel like they have been "lazy, selfish, obstructive, etc." in their prior worship - new liturgy is still provisional - need for patience / view on concelebration
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| 5. |
1965/12/25? |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ for Alice Kathryn with my prayers and thanks in the Lord [-] f m Louis [-] Christmas 1965 |
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[note and signature inside the book A Seasons of Celebration, see Sub-Section B.6 for original book]
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| 6. |
1967/05/30 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your remembering my anniversary. I remembered you too in the Mass. Yes, we all need |
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Dan Walsh / Aunt Kit's operation [Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton from New Zealand]
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| 7. |
1970/01/30 |
TLS[x] to Center from Casper, Alice Kathryn |
Most of the correspondence I had with Father Louis was in the form of short notes, none of which |
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permissions for the use of Casper's letters
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| 8. |
undated/no/no (#01) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+to Alice Kathryn many thanks for the Masses .[-] you will be remembered in them - and God bless you |
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[Merton's signature and inscription on the title page of his mimeograph, "An Exchange of Letters on Monastic Questions [-] Br. M. Louis O.C.S.O. [-] Ronald Roloff O.S.B."]
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| 9. |
undated/no/no (#02) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
This is not a very pleasant topic. Anyway I want to thank you for your kind Feast Day Mass. |
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[note on title page of mimeograph of Merton's "The Hot Summer of Sixty Seven", essay written August 1967, see Sub-Section D.9 for the signed and inscribed mimeograph]
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| 10. |
undated/no/no (#03) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+with belated thanks for you kind letter and donation of last May - God bless you always - f m Louis |
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[note on title page of mimeograph of Merton's "Study Sheet - 'The House of Intellect' by Jacques Barzun", see Sub-Section D.9 for the signed and inscribed mimeograph]
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| 11. |
undated/no/no (#04) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
Thanks for the man. and the letter. You are remembered in all my prayer. A good book is always |
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[note on title page of mimeograph of Merton's essay "The Universe as Epiphany: The Spirituality of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin", see Sub-Section D.9 for the signed and inscribed mimeograph - note in another hand (Casper's?), "Merton doesn't mention Teilhard's use of the term, 'spirituality of matter,' a contradition in terms."]
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| 12. |
undated/no/no (#05) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+to Alice K. Casper - with all prayers. I shall remember you especially in our Mass of Aug 25. |
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[note on title page of mimeograph of Merton's essay "Meditation", see Sub-Section D.9 for the signed and inscribed mimeograph]
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| 13. |
undated/no/no (#06) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
Thanks again Alice Kathryn - did I send you one of these? I forget. As to the trials of solitude |
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[note on title page of mimeograph of Merton's essay "Peace and Protest", see Sub-Section D.9 for the signed and inscribed mimeograph]
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| 14. |
undated/no/no (#07) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+for Alice K. Casper [-] Easter joy in the silent light of the Resurrection, our hope of glory |
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[note on title page of mimeograph of Merton's essay "Selections on Prayer" (1961), see Sub-Section D.9 for the signed and inscribed mimeograph]
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| 15. |
undated/no/no (#08) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ for Alice Kathryn Casper with very best wishes and gratitude for your kind hospitality to my aunt |
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[note and signature inside Merton's book The New Man, see Sub-Section B.6 for original book - Casper seems to have hosted Merton's "Aunt Kit", Agnes Gertrude Stonehewer Merton]
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| 16. |
undated/no/no (#09) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ for Alice Kathryn with best wishes and prayers in this time of risk - for Christ's peace. bm Louis |
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[note and signature inside the book Breakthrough to Peace, edited and with contributions by Merton, see Sub-Section B.6 for original book]
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| 17. |
undated/no/no (#10) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ for Alice K. Casper [-] cordial good wishes and blessings in Xt. f m Louis |
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[note and signature inside the book Spiritual Direction and Meditation, see Sub-Section B.6 for original book]
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| 18. |
undated/no/no (#11) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+for Alice K. Casper with all blessings. May the Lord dwell in you with light and peace at Christmas |
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[see Sub-Section B.6, The Christmas Servons of Bl. Guerric of Igny, for original]
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| 19. |
undated/no/no (#12) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ for Alice Kathryn with warm good wishes - a suitable present for Passion Week! In Our Lord [-] f m |
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[see Sub-Section B.6, Original Child Bomb, for original]
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| 20. |
undated/no/no (#13) |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ to Alice Casper - with blessings and devoted friendship in Christ Jesus [-] f m Louis |
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[see Sub-Section B.6, Monastic Peace, for original]
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