MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Penido, Basílio, Dom, O.S.B.
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1962-1963, 1966
Volume: 5 item(s); 13 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Dom Basílio Penido writes to Merton of the poor conditions in the northeast part of the country where his monastery is located. After thanking him for introducing some of his books to Brazil, Merton tells him of some of the changes being made to the monastic life at Gethsemani and his experience as a hermit.
Biography
Dom Basílio Penido was Abbot of the Benedictine community of São Bento de Olinda in Recife, Brazil. He wrote some prefaces for Portuguese versions of Merton's books released in Brazil.
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See also one published letter from Merton to Penido in The School of Charity, pp. 306-307.
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