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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Benedict, Fr., O.C.S.O.".
Fr. Benedict is a Trappist monk from the Abbey of Our Lady of New Melleray in Dubuque, Iowa.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
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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1950/05/23 |
TLS to Merton |
Yesterday Father Abbot asked me to get in touch with you and ask your advice about our centennial |
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New Melleray centennial history / executives from the Thomas More Bookshop in Chicago advised having a "name" author write the history / many authors who refused - asking Merton to accept or suggest another / Abbot wants it patterned on Fr. Ailbe J. Luddy's Story of Mount Melleray
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