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 (#04)

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 Merton 

# of pages:  3

Published in:  Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon

First Lines:  "I am writing to you with a good deal of delay, I know, and on your one question which would have"

Contents:  [English translation of letter of the same date from Montini to Merton] 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:  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 (#04)