The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Starmann, Joseph, Fr.

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton was interested in Fr. Starmann's plans for an ecumenical community and sent advice and articles on the monastic life.

Biography

Fr. Joseph Starmann writes from St. Peter Cathedral in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was a diocesan priest who, with some clergy and lay people of other Christian denominations, founded an ecumenical community based loosely on the Rule of St. Benedict at a former Franciscan friary in Wien, Missouri. The community's goal was to seek Christian unity through a life of communal prayer.

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Series List

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

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1964/02/18	TLS	to Merton	I should like to take the liberty to ask if there would be any possibility of obtaining your
1964/02/22	TL[c]	from Merton	Thank you for your letter and for your information about the Ecumenical Monastery which is being
1964/02/27	TLS	to Merton	Many thanks for your kind response to my request for your assistance in our "ecumenical" community
1964/06/13	TL[c]	from Merton	Sorry so much time has already gone by since your letter. The bulletins have been informative.

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