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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Cecilia, Sr., O.C.S.O.".
Sr. Cecilia was a Trappist nun of Redwoods Monastery in California and was secretary to Mother Myriam Dardenne.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See one published letter from Merton to Sr. Cecilia in The School of Charity, p. 381; and one published letter in Thomas Merton in California.
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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1965/06/27 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I want to attempt at least a brief answer to your letter. I wish I had a good solution for the |
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reply to a request for advice about a Sister forced to take a psychological exam - Merton's thoughts on use of psychology in monastic setting and whether this case is just cause to complain to or about a superior
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1968/03/29 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
Mother Myriam asked me to look into the flight possibilities for your Westbound trip, and here is |
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[see "Dardenne, Myriam" file for the original of this letter]
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1968/04/25 |
TL[c] from Merton |
The ticket arrived safely, many thanks. We can work on the return flights later, but it would |
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flight itineraries between California and Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a layover in Albuquerque
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1968/05/23 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
As I did not use the tickets between Albuquerque and Santa Fe either way, I am returning them |
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enjoyed Christ in the Desert Monastery, but prefers the Pacific Ocean and California to the arid desert of New Mexico / Mother Myriam Dardenne
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1968/05/23 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
As I did not use the tickets between Albuquerque and Santa Fe either way, I am returning them |
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[copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] enjoyed Christ in the Desert Monastery, but prefers the Pacific Ocean and California to the arid desert of New Mexico / Mother Myriam Dardenne
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