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Fr. Marco Rueda encourages Merton to start a new Trappist foundation in Ecuador and provides details about how it could be done.
Fr. Marco V. Rueda was a Jesuit priest in Quito, Ecuador. He was Master of Novices and writes on letterhead of the Instituto Superior de Humanidades Clasicas. He knew Br. Fernando Cardenal, the brother of Merton's novice, Ernesto Cardenal.
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1957/11/23 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
I am the Master of Novices of the Ecuadorian Jesuit Viceprovince. Through Brother Fernando Cardenal |
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1957/12/11 |
TL[x] from Merton |
Lo agradezco muchísimo su carta la que he leído con lagrimas en los ojos porque estoy convecido |
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