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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McGann, Robert, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
Dom Robert McGann was abbot of the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost (Holy Ghost Abbey) in Conyers, Georgia. He became abbot after Dom James Fox left in 1948 to become abbot of Gethsemani Abbey. He asks Merton some questions about the scholasticate.
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1949/10/03 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
Your letter arrives at a time when Reverend Father is away but I reply to you at once because I do |
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1951/08/24 |
TALS to Merton |
When up at Gethsemani a short while ago I had a conversation with you relative to the Scholasticate, |
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1952/07/31 |
TLS to Merton |
As usual I come with a request. Would you have the kindness to look up for me in the Pius XI A.A.S. |
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