| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1962/06/11 | TLS | to Merton | About a year ago, the Superior of the Maryknoll Cloistered Sisters sent me a copy of your notes on | |
| Merton's notes on Monastic Orientation / <i>Transformation in Christ</i> by von Hildebrand / Mystical Body and role of contemplative / establishing a Ritiro in the Order |
| | 1962/07/04 (#01) | transcript | from Merton | This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the mail for you, as | Yes |
| [Cold War Letter #19] the "retire" / von Hildebrand's <i>Transformation in Christ</i> and <i>Defense of Purity</i> / marriage and celibacy / books on monastic life and solitary life / Bouyer - <i>The Meaning of the Monastic Life</i> and <i>Introduction to Spirituality</i> / Jean Danielou / Gorres - <i>Hidden Face</i> |
| | 1962/07/04 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | This is not an adequate letter, but I do want to get some kind of reply into the mail for you, as | Yes |
| [Cold War Letter #19] the "retire" / von Hildebrand's <i>Transformation in Christ</i> and <i>Defense of Purity</i> / marriage and celibacy / books on monastic life and solitary life / Bouyer - <i>The Meaning of the Monastic Life</i> and <i>Introduction to Spirituality</i> / Jean Danielou / Gorres - <i>Hidden Face</i> |
| | 1964/12/26 | TL[c] | from Merton | I am sorry to have left your letter unanswered for so long. I am always glad to hear from you and | |
| could give occasional advice via mail / Franciscan solitude - retiro |
| | 1965/12/14 | TLS | to Merton | I haven't been acknowledging your kindness in the articles which you send us from time to time for | |
| "The Climate of Monastic Prayer" / rumors about Merton living as a hermit |
| | 1965/12/24 | TL[c] | from Merton | It is Christmas Eve and the afternoon is free, so I have taken time to get a few letters in the mail | Yes |
| hermitage / rumors / "The Climate of Monastic Prayer" / contemplative vocation |
| | 1966/04/20 | TLS | to Merton | Please forgive the intrusion and unusual request. There is a small group of religious from | |
| asking Merton to conduct retreat on contemplative renewal |
| | 1966/05/02 | TL[c] | from Merton | Many thanks for your letter of April 20 and for your invitation to preach a retreat, in exceptional | |
| contemplative renewal retreat / Archbishop Paul Philippe, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Religious |
| | 1966/05/10 | TLS | to Merton | God bless you, Father, for your genuine Christianity! I'm sure you couldn't possibly realize the | |
| Mother Angelica, P.C. / Fr. Paul Boyle, C.P. from St. Meinrad / Archbishop Flahiff's letter to Mother Angelica / Archbishop Philippe / permission for retreat / "Climate of Monastic Prayer" |
| | 1966/07/23 (#01) | TLS | to Merton | I am taking advantage of your offer to be of service to us. Uniquely, you can be of great service. | |
| Norms enclosed by Mother Angelica and Fr. Paul Boyle |
| | 1966/07/23 (#02) | other | | GENERAL NORMS FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNITIES | |
| [attached to the 1966/07/23 letter] |
| | 1966/08/09 | TL[c] | from Merton | I have been meaning to answer your letter, and I am sorry to discover that today, August 9, is the | |
| critique of the Norms from previous letter / Merton's bursitis / hermitage / a second Gethsemani hermit / article on Franciscan hermits |
| | 1966/11/26 | TLS | to Merton | May the Lord give you his peace! Thank you for the most recent materials you sent. All of us | |
| September meeting cancelled and complaint sent about the Association [of contemplatives] / Fr. Boyle called to Washington by Apostolic Delegation |
| | 1967/07/17 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for the last envelope of literature which you sent. It is always deeply appreciated and | |
| [attachment: Horarium for St. Elizabeth's Motherhouse] "Identity Crisis" article by Merton / Sacred Science course at St. Bonaventure University / Association ended / Retiro |
| | 1967/07/31 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your kind letter of the 17th. I will ask someone to send on some more copies of Identity | Yes |
| the Association's break-up / offers to make audio tapes and recommends a tape library for her Retiro / Sr. Mary Luke Tobin of Loretto (Nerinx, KY) / hermitage / current events - violence and civil war in the cities |
| | 1967/08/09 | TLS | to Merton | Your letter was a very pleasant surprise, Father. Thank you. We read and discussed your article: | |
| Merton's article "Openness and Cloister" / the Association / taped conferences on prayer and the missionary vocation / Fr. George Flannagan, O.F.M., a clinical psychologist / value of "Matins at midnight" |
| | 1967/08/14 | TL[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your recent letter. I have contacted Sister Luke at Loretto in the hope that they can | |
| [from one folder from the "New Directions Publishing" papers at Harvard, entitled "Letters (carbons) to various people, 1967"] |
| | 1967/08/20 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for your wonderful letter. It meant a lot, and the promise of a remembrance in your | |
| renewal in contemplative communities / on Merton not being allowed to do retreat / tape library and weekly newsletter / how to turn inward and find true self in God / Divine Office / <i>Bread in the Wilderness</i> |
| | 1967/09/17? | TALS | to Merton | May the Lord give you His peace! Thank you for the enclosed typescripts which we enjoyed and | |
| [dated the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis] plans for retreat with Merton / distinctions between active and contemplative life - misuse of designations / definition of monasticism / tape on prayer |
| | 1967/09/20 | TL[c] | from Merton | The tape is on its way to you, but a roundabout way as I am having someone transcribe it for me. I | |
| plans for retreat / tape center / choral obligation / Archbishop of Louisville supportive of contemplatives / Sr. Mary Luke Tobin |
| | 1967/09/30 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you very much for the tape which came a few days ago. We have heard the first side - Message | |
| tape center and Friar's "Tape-of-the-Month Club" as model / transcribing tapes / retreat plans and choice of representatives of different houses and orders |
| | 1967/10/03 | TL[c] | from Merton | About the "Message of Contemplatives" tape: it would probably be wiser and more discrete not to | |
| "Message of Contemplatives" tape not to circulate one side / abbatial election / date for retreat - which communities should be invited |
| | 1967/10/05 | TL[c] | from Merton | Once more, about the date. Let me try to get down to something more definite. Today I discussed | |
| dates for retreat in December |
| | 1967/10/10 | TLS | to Merton | Just a note to thank you for your recent letters and let you know that I am working on the project. | |
| December 5th for retreat / tapes of conference / "external signs of a... solid edifice" in communities, but "crumbling foundation" |
| | 1967/10/25 | TLS | to Merton | The tape came last Saturday and it is excellent. Thank you very much, Father, I know this is taking | |
| 15 contemplative communities to receive tapes / details of who can and cannot attend retreat |
| | 1967/11/06 | TL[c] | from Merton | I have checked about the guesthouse facilities and it will be all right if some or all of the | |
| retreat details / taping the retreat / Sr. Mary Luke Tobin at Loretto - an American observer at Vatican II and close to Cardinal Suenens |
| | 1967/11/10 | TLS | to Merton | It was good to hear from you. I think everything is pretty well underway now. Enclosed are the | |
| agenda for retreat / meetings with Sr. Mary Luke Tobin and visiting Loretto / "cloister mystique" / lists sisters who can attend |
| | 1967/11/14 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for the letter and the points for discussion. Some of them are really first rate. All are | Yes |
| for retreat: "basic question of ends and means" / what would one do if not a religious and why / literary rights for taped materials - establishment of Merton Legacy Trust |
| | 1967/11/17 | TALS | to Merton | You'll be relieved when all this correspondence lets up a bit. A few complications have set in! | |
| lists sisters and orders than can attend retreat or that had to cancel / asks about guest house arrangements |
| | 1967/12/09 | TLS | to Merton | Just a brief and most sincere thank-you right now. It was a great week. Right now the whole | |
| apologizing for wording on check / sending Merton a "plexiglass pall" / Sr. Mary Luke sent tapes for Fr. Dan Walsh's lectures |
| | 1967/12/17? | TLS | to Merton | May you have a truly blessed Christmas. The tape came yesterday but I have only heard a little of | |
| [dated Gaudete Sunday] reactions to tape of the retreat/conference / circulating tape to others at conference and questions of whether it should go to others |
| | 1967/12/21 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks so much for the two letters. I have just a moment to answer quickly. Snowed under with mail | Yes |
| whether to circulate tape of retreat / Dom James sees retreat as annual affair / Leo Gannon / article in NCR - Colman McCarthy / active-contemplative division |
| | 1967/12/no | TALS | to Merton | We wish you the blessing of this holy season and pray that all of us may grow in the vital activity | |
| [circular letter to sisters with a handwritten note to Merton on verso of the last page] |
| | 1968/02/16 | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for the list of the people who are getting the tapes. In a while I hope to send you a rather | Yes |
| tape on "Cargo Movements" / small meeting for May / brief resume of the tapes from December / Louisville Carmel |
| | 1968/02/19 | TLS | to Merton | Thank you for your letter and invitation to the meeting on May 27th to 30th. I would be delighted | |
| plans for May meeting / question about whether to circulate retreat tapes |
| | 1968/03/19 | TL[c] | to Merton | Plans are shaping up pretty well for the small meeting at the end of May. We have seven in all, | |
| small May meeting plans / "Cargo Cults" tape |
| | 1968/08/18 | TLS | to Merton | How have you been? We have thought of you often and the influence you have had on our lives. Last | |
| trip to Norton's farm / Sr. Regina Catherine elected new superior general / trip to Brazil / how to start a "spirituality program" |
| | 1972/09/16 | TLS | to Center from Bane, Elaine | Thank you for your letters of inquiry regarding my correspondence with the late Thomas Merton. Also | |
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| | 1972/10/02 (#01) | TL[c] | from Center to Bane, Elaine | Thank you for your recent response to our request for Merton correspondence that you might have. I | |
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| | 1972/10/02 (#02) | TAL[c] | from Center to Bane, Elaine | I have a copy of Mr. Bailey's letter to you of October second, explaining to you that I am the | |
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| | 1972/12/04 | TALS[x] | from Center to Bane, Elaine | I will start off by asking your overlooking the errors, and hastily typed letter. I came over to | |
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| | 1973/01/08 | TALS | to Center from Bane, Elaine | Thank you for your very cordial letter of December 4th regarding my correspondence with Thomas | |
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