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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
de Trinis, Randall (alias Fr. Sebastian, O.C.S.O.)

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1959, 1964, 1967-1968

Volume: 17 item(s); 21 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "de Trinis, Randall (alias Fr. Sebastian, O.C.S.O.)".

Biography

According to a note to handwritten on one of the letters, Randy de Trinis, known at Gethsemani as Sebastian, entered Gethsemani in 1955, made simple profession in 1957, and left the monastery on June 9, 1959. He later writes from St. Joseph's Priory in Somerset, Ohio. In his last cards, he speaks of a desire to enter Christ in the Desert, a Benedictine monastery in New Mexico.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1959/02/13 HNSfrom MertonThanks for your note - I hope it hasn't been to rough on you but it is possible that you are just  [addressed to Fr. Sebastian]
 1959/04/23 TANSfrom MertonWhat, do you mean to say you don't <u>like</u> it around here? I have no intention of trying  [addressed to Fr. Sebastian]
 1964/01/06 TNSfrom MertonYour note got through since Dom J. is away imposing his ideas on other monasteries of the Order.  [addressed to "Randy"]
 1967/01/26 TL[c]from MertonI probably can't do much to give you satisfactory answers. As you guessed, I am pretty snowed   
 1967/08/27 TLSto MertonI hope all is well at the farm. We were reading <u>Time</u> the other day and were amazed to find   
 1967/08/31 (#01)TL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter, and I'll return the ball for once as I have something that might be   
 1967/08/31 (#02)TLSfrom MertonThanks for your letter, and I'll return the ball for once as I have something that might be   
 1967/09/07 TALSto MertonPlease believe that I will not presume to trouble your silence as frequently as I have recently.   
 1967/09/13 (#01)TL[c]from MertonYour letter really does not surprise me. Every day someone or other comes up with the same kind   
 1967/09/13 (#02)TLSfrom MertonYour letter really does not surprise me. Every day someone or other comes up with the same kind   
 1968/03/26 HCSto MertonPlease excuse all my interruptions but I have finally decided to request entrance into Christ  [verso: color photo of a Florida sunset]
 1968/03/28 HCSto MertonYou must have reached a point in which you would prefer to throw away my letters since they are  [verso: color photo of a palm tree and a dock]
 1968/04/09 (#01)TL[c]from MertonSorry to delay answering your letters. First of all, I'll get busy and send a letter   
 1968/04/09 (#02)TLSfrom MertonSorry to delay answering your letters. First of all, I'll get busy and send a letter   
 undated/no/no (#03)  MertonExercises- to help bring the body under control of the spirit  [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - not known if it relates to Randall de Trinis but file among his letters in H.7]
 undated/no/no? (#01)HNSfrom MertonRev. Father will not give me permission to talk to you. Briefly here it is. He is definitely  [addressed to "Fr Sebastian"]
 undated/no/no? (#02)TNSfrom MertonNow dearie I want you to sit down and read this carefully before we all get thrown in jail.  [addressed to "Fr Sebastian"]
        

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