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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lasserre, Jean, 1908-2004

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lasserre, Jean".

Biography

Pasteur Jean Lasserre was a traveling secretary of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) and worked with Jean Goss (see the "Goss-Mayr, Hildegard" file). He writes from Lyon, France. In France, IFOR was called the Mouvement International de la Réconciliation (MIR). He was the author of a number of books on a Christian responsibility for peace and non-violence.

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Series List

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Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1967/06/25	HLS	to Merton	I am a friend an [sic] colleague of Jean Goss. We are both traveling secretaries for the IFOR.
1967/08/31	TL[c]	from Merton	Forgive me for not answering your letter sooner. I had already answered a letter on the same
1967/09/07	HLS	to Merton	Many thanks for your kind letter and your comprehensiveness. We are happy you are interested
1967/09/19	TL[c]	from Merton	I have recently heard from Dorothy Day, of the Catholic Worker. She participated in a fast for

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