MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Watt, Joseph Raymond, Fr. (Fr. Marion, O.C.S.O.), d. 2002
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1954
Volume: 5 item(s); 9 pg(s)
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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Watt, Joseph Raymond, Fr. (Fr. Marion, O.C.S.O.)".
Biography
Fr. Joseph Raymond Watt was a former monk of Gethsemani Abbey under the religious name of Fr. Marion during the 1950's. At some point he left the monastery for parish life and spent many years in the Monterey Diocese in California. After he died, he was cremated and his ashes were returned to Gethsemani Abbey. (Source: "The Rev. Joseph Watt". Obituaries section of the Santa Cruz Sentinal Online. 16 Aug. 2002. Accessed 31 Aug. 2006 at the Bellarmine University Library. ‹http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/August/16/obit/obit.htm›.)
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