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 (#03)

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

Type:  HLS[x] - Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

To/From:   from Montini, Giovanni / to Merton 

# of pages:  8

Published in:  Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon

First Lines:  "Le scrivo con fauto ritardo, lo so, e su una Sua questione che"

Contents:  [see "Paul VI" file for original] regarding whether Merton should leave Gethsemani and join the Camaldolese / advises against this change for practical reasons - Camaldolese unstable at present, leaving Gethsemani would scandalize readers - Merton should listen to his heart but obey his abbot

Language:  Italian

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 (#03)