This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Chapulis, Susan".
Susan Chapulis was a sixth grader writing from Waterbury, Connecticut.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also Merton's letter to Chapulis in The Road to Joy, pp. 350-351.
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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1967/03/28 |
HLS to Merton |
I am writing in behalf of the sixth grade of Saint Joseph School in Waterbury Connecticut. |
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studding monks and monasticism in their history class / asks Merton if he has any information he could send them
«detailed view» |
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1967/04/10 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your nice letter. You want "any information whatsoever" to help the sixth grade |
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sending a book about Gethsemani / monks seek God in the "lonely places" - "people think they are crazy going off by themselves" / not having to worry about paying taxes, maintaining a house and car, fighting with a spouse / creatures of the forest around the hermitage / God's presence in the silence of the hermitage
«detailed view» |
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