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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Peter of the Holy Face, Mother, O.C.D.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 12 item(s); 15 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Peter of the Holy Face, Mother, O.C.D.".

Biography

Mother Peter of the Holy Face was a Carmelite nun and Prioress of the community in Louisville, Kentucky.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See published letters from Merton to Mother Peter of the Holy Face in The School of Charity, pp. 333, 374-375.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/01/31 TLSfrom MertonI am making the tape for you now and hope to send it soon. As a question was asked about Teilhard   
 1967/05/10 TL[c]from MertonOf course as far as I am concerned I want very much to keep in the background, but I cannot doYes  
 1967/07/15 TAL[c]from MertonI do not need to remind you what a bad correspondent I am[.] First of all, the book you had sent   
 1967/07/21 TLSto MertonThank you for answering about the book "Satan, God and St. Teresa", I hesitated even asking you   
 1967/11/13 TLSto MertonWe have just had our community retreat, and our Father Joseph, O. C. D., who gave it was very, very   
 1967/11/16 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks for your letter about the mimeographs. I am asking the monk in charge of the stencils   
 1967/11/16 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter about the mimeographs. I am asking the monk in charge of the stencils   
 1968/02/02 TLSto MertonThe tape is being sent to you by mail today. I certainly hope it reaches you safely and that it   
 1968/02/03 TLSto MertonThank you so much for your article on Teilhard. We duplicated two copies, so I am enclosing yours   
 1968/04/09 (#01)TLSfrom MertonI have more than one letter from you that has been waiting for an answer. The one that mostYes  
 1968/04/09 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI have more than one letter from you that has been waiting for an answer. The one that mostYes  
 undated/no/no other Monastery of Discalced Carmelites [-] 1740 Newburg Road [-] Louisville, Kentucky 40205  [St. Therese of the Child Jesus holy card with section of her autobiography - two identical holy cards with the prayer "Solitude in Carmel" by Fr. Thomas, O.C.D.]
        

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