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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Smith, Thomas Fidelis, Fr., O.C.S.O.".
Fr. Thomas Fidelis Smith was a Trappist monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also one published letter from Merton to Fr. Thomas Fidelis Smith in The School of Charity, pp. 176-177. This letter is also published, with a commentary by Fr. Thomas Fidelis Smith, in The Merton Annual, Volume 19.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1963/06/29 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Probably you are overdoing the Jesus Prayer a bit. I think it is all very well for a hard headed |
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1964/08/20 |
TALS to Merton |
Christ's presence and Spirit be with you. Hi! How are you? It is just a little over a year ago |
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1964/09/03 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
No, I have not read Schillebeeckx on MONASTICISM AND PRIESTHOOD but I am familiar with those ideas. |
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1964/09/11 |
TLS to Merton |
Christ's presence and Spirit be with you. Thanks so much for your well-balanced reply. |
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