This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Sylvia Marie, Mother, L.S.P.".
Mother Sylvia Marie was Superior of the Little Sisters of the Poor of Louisville, Kentucky.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also one published letter from Merton to Mother Sylvia Marie in The School of Charity, pp. 135-136 (the same letter is published in Witness to Freedom as a letter to "a woman religious superior").
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.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1960/10/01 (#01) |
TALS[x] from Merton |
For a long time I have wanted to write this letter, thanking you for all the joy that was mine when |
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concern for the poor and the elderly in a culture that worships youth - Little Sisters of the Poor and their ministry
«detailed view» |
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1960/10/01 (#02) |
TL[c] from Merton |
For a long time I have wanted to write this letter, thanking you for all the joy that was mine when |
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[previously filed as a letter to an unknown correspondent under - "a woman religious superior"]
«detailed view» |
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