MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dijk, Willibrord Chr. van, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1903-1989
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1964-1968, 1973
Volume: 9 item(s); 13 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Dijk, Willibrord Chr. van, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
Biography
Dom Willibrord-Christian van Dijk was abbot of the Trappist Abbey of Tilburg in the Netherlands from 1945-1966, during which time he founded the monastery at Rawa Seneng in Indonesia, first visiting in 1952. He returned to Indonesia as superior from 1966-1968, when he had to resign due to an eye disease. He later moved to the Maria Frieden Abbey to live with the Trappistine sisters there in Germany. He regretted having to leave for Germany before Merton could have made it to see him in Asia.
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Related Information and Links
See one published letter from Merton to Dom Willibrord van Dijk in The School of Charity, pp. 367-368; see also "Leclercq, Jean, Abbot, O.S.B." file.
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