MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Mwoleka, Christopher, Bishop, 1927-2002
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967-1968, 1972, 1984
Volume: 13 item(s); 20 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Merton and Mwoleka discuss a number of topics, including a Christian's place in the modern world, racial problems, the eremitical life, and the religious traditions of Asia. Merton asks for some books of African poetry and thought.
Biography
Fr. Christopher Mwoleka became Bishop of Rulenge in Tanzania in 1969. When he first wrote to Merton in 1967, he explains that he had first read Merton in 1952, and that «Seeds of Contemplation» was an inspiration for him to leave his job as an office clerk and enter seminary. He was ordained in 1962 and would later read a number of Merton's books. Shortly after beginning their correspondence, Mwoleka began teaching at St. Charles Lwanga's Katoke Seminary in Biharamulo.
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See also published letters from Merton to Mwoleka published in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 461-463.
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