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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Robertson, Vernon, Fr.".
Fr. Vernon Robertson was a priest of the Louisville Archdiocese in Kentucky. He converted to Roman Catholicism, having been an Episcopalian. He thanks Merton for celebrating a Mass for him on the occasion of his ordination to the priesthood after finishing studies at the Pontifico Collegio Beda in Rome. Robertson was ordained at the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican in the presence of Pope Paul VI. Robertson went on to become a social justice advocate in Louisville. He was concerned about poverty and education in the inner city. He founded Montessori schools in the city and helped to revitalize some declining churches in Louisville's downtown, including his long-time parish of St. Martin of Tours. He also helped found the city's first residence for people living with AIDS. (Source: Cahill, Elizabeth Kirkland. "Vernon Robertson is in heaven - late priest remembered." The Commonweal. 17 July 1998. Online from Findarticles.com. Accessed 23 Feb. 2006. ‹http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1252/is_n13_v125/ai_20968211›.)
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1967/04/12 |
TLS to Merton |
We have never met; however from Fr. John Loftus at Bellarmine I have learned that you offered mass |
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[black and white photograph of Fr. Vernon Robertson's ordination to the priesthood at the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican - Pope Paul VI is seated at the center of the photo]
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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING [-] ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD [-] Europe Edmund |
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[card containing the names of those ordained to the priesthood with Robertson, grouped by continent and country - verso contains the crest and name "Pontificio Collegio Beda [-] 1967" and a quote from I Corinthians 4:1]
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