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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Marie Pius of Christ the King, Sr., O.S.C.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1958-1959

Volume: 2 item(s); 9 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Marie Pius of Christ the King, Sr., O.S.C.".

Biography

Sr. Marie Pius writes from the Monastery of Saint Clare in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the first African-American admitted to the Poor Clares in the United States. She was suffering from a terminal illness at the time of writing to Merton.

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This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1958/12/28 TLSto MertonMy dear Brother in the Lord, first let us thank the dear Lord for a holy, peaceful, and happy  [the first page mistakenly dated "1968" but should be "1958" / it is correctly noted on the second page]
 1959/02/23 TLSto MertonGreetings: Happy are the blameless in life's way who walk in the law of the Lord. Ps.118   
        

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