This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bass, Richard".
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See one published letter from Merton to Bass in Witness to Freedom, p. 320.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1965/04/05 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your parish: you leave |
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faith of converts vs. "cradle Catholics" / value of perspective of converts / changes in the Catholic Church / value of changing language to the vernacular / value of retention of Latin and Gregorian chant in monastic choir / avoiding "triumphalism" in our views
«detailed view» |
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