MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Klinski, Vital, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1886-1966
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1945
Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Klinski, Vital, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
Biography
Dom Vital Klinski was born in Poland. In 1904, he entered the Cistercian Abbey of Achel in Belgium and was elected their abbot in 1920. By 1927, he left for the United States to join Gethsemani. He was Merton's confessor at the time of correspondence. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 10.)
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See also one published letter from Merton to Klinski in The School of Charity, pp. 10-11.
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