Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1953/March/16 

Series:  5  Correspondence from Gethsemani Archives: Dom James Fox with Abbot General Gabriel Sortais.

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

To/From:  to Sortais, Gabriel from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "We were so happy to have seen you progressing and well on the road to recovery. We have not had a"

Contents:  recounting how Merton received Sortais' letter about not writing a journal - thought Sortais meant to not write books either - Fox tells him to "continue moderately" with books, no journal [Merton ceases journal 1953-1956] / Fr. Raymond's new book on Dom Frederic / new rules for censorship

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2004/02/13

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 5:    1953/March/16