Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1953/January/29 

Series:  9  Special Merton File: Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Abbot General Gabriel Sortais

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:   from Merton to Barnabas Ahern 

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Thank you for your letter of clarification; for, yes, I was concerned. Your confidence is"

Contents:  [transcript copy of a letter from Fr. Barnabas Ahern to Merton (see Ahern correspondence file for original), copy likely sent from Fox to Sortais] criticizes Merton's idea of becoming a hermit / suggests a year-long sabbatical doing the work of a Trappist / recommends Dialogues of St. Catherine of Siena

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2008/07/14

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 9:    1953/January/29