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Merton's Correspondence with:

Fr. John Morson; Morson, John, Fr.; Dom John Morson

Morson, John, Dom, O.C.S.O.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967-1968
Volume: 10 item(s); 11 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Morson, John, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Dom John Morson was a Trappist monk of Mount St. Bernard's Abbey in Leicester, England. He served as Trappist Definitor for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. He was a regular contributor to Cistercian Studies. He writes from Rome. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 330.)

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See also published letters from Merton to Morson in The School of Charity, pp. 330-333.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
1. 1966/05/21 TLS[x] to Fox, James I enclose the Imprimi potest for an article (Apologies to an Unbeliever) by Fr. Louis [see "Censors Reports" for "Apologies to an Unbeliever" for original letter and Imprimi Potest / one page of letter and one page Imprimi Potest] «detailed view»
2. 1967/02/27 TALS to Merton Father Beyer, of the Gregorian, who helps me very much with his advice, has been reading a report «detailed view»
3. 1967/03/29 (#01) transcript from Merton Your letter was dated the 27th of February and postmarked the 28th, and yet I did not receive it «detailed view»
4. 1967/03/29 (#02) TLS[x] from Merton Your letter was dated the 27th of February and postmarked the 28th, and yet I did not receive it [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] «detailed view»
5. 1967/04/24 TLS to Merton There was not need for any apology. Indeed it is now my turn to apologize for being so very late «detailed view»
6. 1967/05/04 (#01) TL[c] from Merton Thanks for your letter, and I am glad that my notes on the theological training of monks were not «detailed view»
7. 1967/05/04 (#02) TLS[x] from Merton Thanks for your letter, and I am glad that my notes on the theological training of monks were not [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] «detailed view»
8. 1968/07/05 TALS to Merton Rather more than a year ago I was urged to collect a few 'sententiae peritorum' on the place «detailed view»
9. 1968/07/12 TLS[x] from Merton I have rather hastily rewritten the notes on Monastic Theology. They are now perhaps a little less [copied from a photocopy from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 / verso copied from original letter from Fr. Martin Clayon of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicester, England, (who copied Morson letter) to Br. Patrick Hart, 1987/02/28] «detailed view»
10. 1968/08/26 TLS to Merton Thank you very much for the article (you say "notes on Monastic Theology"), which you sent me «detailed view»

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