MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Brennan, Benedicta, Mother, I.H.M. (Sr. Margaret Brennan), d. 2016
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 6 item(s); 8 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Merton and Mother Benedicta Brennan discuss a meeting to discuss a reform of women's religious orders, including the founding of "Prayer Houses" among more active orders, the future of contemplatives, and contemplatives involved in action. Proposals are discussed for a meeting in Monroe, Michigan with the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in California with the Trappist nuns of Redwoods Monastery.
Biography
Mother Benedicta Brennan was writing from Monroe, Michigan, a Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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See also "Breitenbeck, Joseph Matthew" and "Dardenne, Myriam" for more information about reform in the lives of women religious.
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