Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1955/August/20 (#02)

Series:  16  Special Merton File: Correspondence with Archbishop Giovanni Montini (later Pope Paul VI)

Type:  transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.

To/From:  from Montini, Giovanni to "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon

First Lines:  "Taking advantage of a moment's quiet today, I have written to Father Louis. I also think he would"

Contents:  [English translation of letter from Montini to Fox] recommends that Fox give Merton his requested additional time for silence and solitude, and that his writing should be limited and on a fixed schedule - agrees with Fox that Merton is better to stay at Gethsemani

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 16:    1955/August/20 (#02)