MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Schuurmans, Emmanuel, Dom, O.C.S.O.
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965-1966
Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Schuurmans, Emmanuel, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
Biography
In 1958, Br. Emmanuel Schuurmans became Abbot of Maria Toevlucht (Mary's Refuge) in Zundert in the Netherlands. He brought about many reforms to his community and Merton discusses with him permission to live the eremitical life and other changes to the Trappist Order.
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See also one published letter from Merton to Schuurmans (published as "Dom E.") in The School of Charity, pp. 300-301.
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