Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Bernard, Fr., O.C.D." file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1954/October/29 

Series:    

Type:  TALS - Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

To/From:  to Merton from "Bernard, Fr., O.C.D."-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Thank you very much for your letter of the 16th. Indeed I was surprised! In fact I am rather"

Contents:  changing orders and international confusion with Abbeys on both sides of the Atlantic / "contemplation and action" - ideals of Cistercian pure contemplation vs. Carmelite mixture of contemplation and action / convert background / mixture is not for him - wants to be Cistercian / asking help in finding an abbey

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Bernard, Fr., O.C.D.:"    1954/October/29