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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McBride, Alfred, Fr.".
Fr. Alfred McBride writes to member of the National Association for Pastoral Renewal (NAPR) advisory board, which included Merton.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also the "Daly, John" and "Ferry, Wilbur Hugh" files.
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.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1967/09/26 (#01) |
TLS[x] to NAPR Advisory Board |
Enclosed is a news release for your approval. It was drawn up by Fathers O'Brien and Mc Kenzie. |
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«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1967/09/26 (#02) |
other[x] to NAPR Advisory Board |
PRIESTS SEEKING TO BE MARRIED ARE SUSPENDED [-] Mexico City--NC--Two Acapulco priests |
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[two news articles "Priest seeking to be married are suspended" and "Priest fired for survey"]
«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1967/09/29 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
I went over the protest text carefully and made some emendations. It seems to me that we need |
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«detailed view» |
| 4. |
1967/09/29 (#02) |
other |
PRIESTS PROTEST TYRANNY OF TWO LATIN AMERICAN BISHOPS [-] (Statement of Advisory Board |
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[statement drafted by NAPR - Merton makes his emendations in blue ink]
«detailed view» |
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undated/no/no |
other |
To the PONTIFICAL COMMISSION for the REVISION of the CODE of CANON LAW [-] the ORDER of |
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[document outlining proposed revisions to canon law for Cistercian of the Strict Observance (Trappists) - includes defense of the contemplative lifestyle, status of clerical and lay members, ability to transfer monasteries, equality of nuns in the governance of the order, and the recognition of the eremitical life]
«detailed view» |
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