Merton discusses with Sr. Mary Luke Tobin some of the events of the Second Vatican Council, changes occurring in religious life (aggiornamento), recorded conferences Merton sends to the Sisters of Loretto, and plans for some of Merton's friends to speak a
Sr. Mary Luke Tobin was former Superior General of the Sisters of Loretto. She writes from the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Kentucky. Sr. Mary Luke was the only American woman who served as an observer to the Second Vatican Council.
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See published letters from Merton to Tobin in The School of Charity, pp. 227, 231-232, 250-251, 287-289, 3
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Series 3 #1.
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1978/09/27 (#01) |
other by Tobin, Mary Luke, Sr., S.L. |
THOMAS MERTON: TEN YEARS LATER [-] Later this fall, Sister Mary Luke Tobin will organize discussion- |
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[interview with Sr. Mary Luke Tobin published in Interchange, September 27, 1978]
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Series 3 #2.
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1978/09/27 (#02) |
other by Tobin, Mary Luke, Sr., S.L. |
On a spring morning in 1963, the novices of the Sisters of Loretto in Kentucky were expecting |
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[“Merton on Prayer: Start Where You Are” with 4 Photographs by Thomas Merton in National Catholic Reporter 19 (14 October 1983): Supplement on Praying no. 1, pp. 11-15]
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Series 3 #3.
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1978/09/27 (#02) |
other by Tobin, Mary Luke, Sr., S.L. |
THOMAS MERTON: TEN YEARS LATER [-] (This interview with Mary Luke Tobin was published in |
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[transcript of interview with Sr. Mary Luke Tobin published in Interchange, September 27, 1978 for inclusion in Hidden in the Same Mystery]
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Series 3 #4.
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1990/11/03? |
other by Tobin, Mary Luke, Sr., S.L. |
It is a joy to be here. I've been here before and it's always a pleasure because people |
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["Prayer and Commitment in Thomas Merton" delivered November 3, 1990 at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York]
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Series 3 #5.
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undated/no/no |
other by Tobin, Mary Luke, Sr., S.L. |
It is a joy to be here. I've been here before and it's always a pleasure because people |
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["Prophecy and Commitment in Thomas Merton"]
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