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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Shehan, Lawrence, Cardinal, 1898-1984

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 6 item(s); 10 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton writes Cardinal Shehan in regards to Schema 13 from the Second Vatican Council, which would later become the pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world (Gaudium et Spes). Merton wrote about modern war, ethics and the Church's role.

Biography

Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan was Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland.

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Shehan in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 546-548.

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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
 1965/06/07 (#01)TAL[d]from MertonI write this letter to you directly after Mass and thanksgiving on Whitmonday with the sincere hopeYes [uncorrected draft of letter]
 1965/06/07 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonI write this letter to you directly after Mass and thanksgiving on Whitmonday with the sincere hopeYes [same as previous draft with handwritten corrections]
 1965/06/07 (#03)TL[c]from MertonI write this letter to you directly after Mass and thanksgiving on Whitmonday with the sincere hopeYes [letter incorporating corrections (letter as sent?)]
 1965/06/18 TALSto MertonI write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 7 which came during my annual retreat.   
 undated/no/no other LAWRENCE SHEHAN  [biographical information collected by Wm. Shannon]
 undated/no/no other SHEHAN, LAWRENCE  [biographical information on Shehan]
        

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