This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Gorrissen, Norbert, Fr., O.C.S.O.".
Fr. Norbert Gorrissen was a Trappist monk of the monastery of Orval in southern Belgium. He inquires about contemporary problems in monasticism. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 229.)
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See also one published letter from Merton to Gorrissen in The School of Charity, pp. 229-230.
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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1964/07/06 |
TLS to Merton |
Pere Pie Driyvers de Tilbourg, apres un voyage d'études de 3 mois en France et en Belgique, se rend |
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«detailed view» |
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1964/08/20 (#01) |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Il y a longtemps que j'ai reçu votre etude, et j'ai mis du temps à le lire parce que j'avais |
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[draft - this version not sent]
«detailed view» |
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1964/08/20 (#02) |
TAL[d] from Merton |
Il y a longtemps que j'ai reçu votre etude, et j'ai mis du temps à le lire parce que j'avais |
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[draft - marked "Not sent" by Merton in handwriting]
«detailed view» |
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1964/08/20 (#03) |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Merci de votre lettre et de votre essai. Je suis tout à fait d'accord. It est très important |
✓ |
«detailed view» |
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1964/08/20 (#04) |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Merci de votre lettre et de votre essai. Je suis tout à fait d'accord. It est très important |
✓ |
[copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2]
«detailed view» |
6. |
1964/10/13 |
HLS to Merton |
Merci pour votre excellente lettre, |
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