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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Cascia, Philip J.".
Philip Cascia was a junior in high school at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also a published letter from Merton to Cascia in The Road to Joy, p. 366.
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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1968/02/16 |
HLS to Merton |
My name is Philip Cascia, and I am a junior in the High School department at St. Thomas Seminary. |
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asking Merton for help on an English class term paper on ecumenism in the U.S. - is ecumenism a "fad" or lasting phenomenon; are the clergy more or less important; future of celibacy; reaction to Fr. J. Kavanaugh; will understanding bring unity; future of devotionalism; and does new music and liturgy unite or divide?
«detailed view» |
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1968/04/10 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am sorry I was not able to answer your letter before. And I am afraid I just cannot go into |
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sees mostly benefits in ecumenism / less dependence on clergy and possibility marriage - charism of celibacy / "life and fervor in the celebration of the liturgy" whether music is folk or Gregorian / Merton offered Mass in a home and thinks it is a "fine thing" / progressive Catholics wanting change for the sake of change
«detailed view» |
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