MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Flahiff, George Bernard, Archbishop, C.S.B., 1905-1989
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965-1966
Volume: 10 item(s); 19 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Flahiff, George Bernard, Archbishop, C.S.B.".
Biography
Archbishop George Bernard Flahiff, elevated to Cardinal in 1969, was bishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. At the Second Vatican Council, he was involved in what was known as Schema 13, which became Gaudium et Spes, the Pontifical Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. Merton was particularly interested in the sections on peace, war, and how it would address nuclear weapons.
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See also published letters from Merton to Flahiff in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 245-254.
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