Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Unidentified Priests and Monks (filed at the end of the sequence)" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/May/20 

Series:    

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

To/From:   from Merton to "Dear Father" 

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Witness to Freedom

First Lines:  "Sorry to have let your poignant letter go without answer for so long. I should have got right down"

Contents:  [WTF, p. 333] sickness in religious institutions - "Submission is canonized and all opposition is suspect." / avoid direct confrontation - keep silent - "do what you have to do without asking" / problems resolved through patience - censors / seek like minded people / frank in your opinion but accept obedience when imposed

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Unidentified Priests and Monks (filed at the end of the sequence):"    1967/May/20