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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Caruana, Alferio, Dom, O.S.B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Caruana, Alferio, Dom, O.S.B.".

Biography

Dom Alferio Caruana was a Maltese Benedictine monk living in Salerno, Italy, and trying to go to Malta. "Dom" is used here as a title of a professed monk and does not mean he was an abbot. Caruana's letter mentions he will be ordained to the priesthood in July of 1967.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/01/22 TLSto MertonBefore telling you why I am writing to you I want to introduce myself. I am Dom. ALFERIO CARUANA  asking Merton to be his spiritual director / sends photo [not extant]
 1967/05/05 TL[c]from MertonPlease pardon me for taking so long to answer your letter of March 7th. I have had a hard time  recommends a priest in France who does spiritual direction by mail - Pere Etienne from the Abbaye du Mont des Cats / not in touch with changes to Cistercian life as he now lives as a hermit / sending photo and book, <i>Spiritual Direction And Meditation</i>
        

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