Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1966/August/24 

Series:    

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Road to Joy

First Lines:  "Your letter came to me as a complete surprise, and one that was in its own way bouleversant. I had"

Contents:  Iris' move to California / Jean Hering / letter of 1957 and regrets expressed by Merton / news of Tom Bennett's death - came late and via New Zealand / Life quote refers to Merton's generation as "older", not Merton's elders (like Iris) / monastic life - new eremitical life / debt owed Tom and Iris / writings not intended to injure

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss:"    1966/August/24