Herein is a highly personal and lively correspondence between good friends and fellow religious. The extant file does not seem to be a complete set of their correspondence. Early letters, such as an original of what became the Cold War Letter, are not i
Early in their correspondence, Sr. Angela of the Eucharist (née Viola M. Collins) was a Carmelite Prioress in Louisville, Kentucky. Between 1965 and 1966, she would became Mother Angela of the Eucharist, appointed superior of the Carmelite monastery in S
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See also: Cold War Letter #42, published in Witness to Freedom; letters from Merton to Mother Angela in <
Series# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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Series 3 #1.
«All Series« |
1968/05/no (#01) |
other |
Organization - preforably not under Sacred Congreg. 5 points of critical needs of contemplation. |
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[spiral notebook with handwritten notes from conferences with Merton on the contemplative life]
«detailed view» |
Series 3 #2.
«All Series« |
1968/05/no (#02) |
other |
Areas of concern to be presented to Bishop Breiterbeck:- 1. For contemplative life to survive |
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[handwritten page of notes for a bishop written on Gethsemani letterhead]
«detailed view» |
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