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Merton's Correspondence with:

Mother Peter of the Holy Face

Peter of the Holy Face, Mother, O.C.D.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967-1968
Volume: 12 item(s); 15 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Peter of the Holy Face, Mother, O.C.D.".

Biography

Mother Peter of the Holy Face was a Carmelite nun and Prioress of the community in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Related Information and Links

See published letters from Merton to Mother Peter of the Holy Face in The School of Charity, pp. 333, 374-375.

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Series List

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
1. 1967/01/31 TLS from Merton I am making the tape for you now and hope to send it soon. As a question was asked about Teilhard «detailed view»
2. 1967/05/10 TL[c] from Merton Of course as far as I am concerned I want very much to keep in the background, but I cannot do «detailed view»
3. 1967/07/15 TAL[c] from Merton I do not need to remind you what a bad correspondent I am[.] First of all, the book you had sent «detailed view»
4. 1967/07/21 TLS to Merton Thank you for answering about the book "Satan, God and St. Teresa", I hesitated even asking you «detailed view»
5. 1967/11/13 TLS to Merton We have just had our community retreat, and our Father Joseph, O. C. D., who gave it was very, very «detailed view»
6. 1967/11/16 (#01) TLS from Merton Thanks for your letter about the mimeographs. I am asking the monk in charge of the stencils «detailed view»
7. 1967/11/16 (#02) TL[c] from Merton Thanks for your letter about the mimeographs. I am asking the monk in charge of the stencils «detailed view»
8. 1968/02/02 TLS to Merton The tape is being sent to you by mail today. I certainly hope it reaches you safely and that it «detailed view»
9. 1968/02/03 TLS to Merton Thank you so much for your article on Teilhard. We duplicated two copies, so I am enclosing yours «detailed view»
10. 1968/04/09 (#01) TLS from Merton I have more than one letter from you that has been waiting for an answer. The one that most «detailed view»
11. 1968/04/09 (#02) TL[c] from Merton I have more than one letter from you that has been waiting for an answer. The one that most «detailed view»
12. undated/no/no other   Monastery of Discalced Carmelites [-] 1740 Newburg Road [-] Louisville, Kentucky 40205 [St. Therese of the Child Jesus holy card with section of her autobiography - two identical holy cards with the prayer "Solitude in Carmel" by Fr. Thomas, O.C.D.] «detailed view»

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