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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Déchanet, Jean-Marie, Fr., O.S.B., 1906-1992

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1950-1961

Volume: 8 item(s); 12 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Déchanet, Jean-Marie, Fr., O.S.B.".

Biography

Fr. Jean-Marie Déchanet was a monk of Sint-Andriesabdij (Abbaye de Saint-André) near Bruges, Belgium. In 1956, he wrote the book Christian Yoga. By his 1961 letters, he was living in a monastic foundation in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Though both Déchanet and Merton shared an interest in yoga, the text of the letters focuses primarity on translations of monastic history, the contemplative life, and later on Déchanet's life as a European monk in Africa.

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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
 1950/08/08 (#01)TALSto MertonJe ne crois pas qu'il soit possible de répondre à la question que vous me posez. Le problème   
 1950/08/08 (#02)transcriptto MertonI don't believe that it is possible to answer the question you ask me. The problem with the Brevis   
 1951/12/20 TALSto MertonVous êtes en passe de devenir un homme célèbre. Votre nom figure dans toutes les revues.   
 1952/05/19 TALSto MertonDepuis longtemps je vous dois un "merci" pour l'envoi de vos livres, destinés à nos frères indiens.   
 1952/09/27 TLSto MertonMerci de votre lettre que j'attendais avec impatience. Votre Révérend Père m'avait fait savoir   
 1952/09/no? TALfrom secretary to James FoxFather Abbot has regretfully decided that we cannot subsidize the edition of Pere Dumontier's book   
 1961/03/12 (#01)TLSto MertonJe pensais à vous ces derniers jours - en revoyant vos notes au sujet du ms de la Lettre d'or,  [writing from the Monastère St. Benoit in Kansenia, Katanga, during Katanga's brief period of independence from the Congo] <i>The Sign of Jonas</i> / transfer to Kantanga from the Congo in 1957 / problems of desires for independence between natives and colonialists / manuscript for "l'Exposé in Cantica" / silence and solitude
 1961/03/12 (#02)transcriptto MertonI don't believe that it is possible to answer the question you ask me. The problem with the Brevis  [writing from the Monastère St. Benoit in Kansenia, Katanga, during Katanga's brief period of independence from the Congo] <i>The Sign of Jonas</i> / transfer to Kantanga from the Congo in 1957 / problems of desires for independence between natives and colonialists / manuscript for "l'Exposé in Cantica" / silence and solitude
        

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