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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Catholic Action Federations, Editorial Staff

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 5 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

In 1967, Merton wrote a brief reaction to the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Church in the Modern World for a booklet put out by the Catholic Action Federations. His letter is not extant, but the article is a response to the Constitution's message against war.

Biography

The Editorial Staff of the Catholic Action Federations was writing from Chicago, Illinois, and included: Peter Foote, John J. Hill, Lawrence Kelly, John McCudden, and Theodore C. Stone.

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Related Information and Links

See also Men and Nations: Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Part 2: Problems of Special Urgency, p. 69.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/01/13 TLSto MertonIn the Spring of 1966 we published <u>Laymen</u>, which contained Vatican II's <u>Decree on the</u>  previous publication on the <i>Decree on the Apostolate of Laity</i> from the Second Vatican Council / asking Merton to contribute to next booklet on <i>Constitution on the Church in the Modern World</i>
 1967/02/28 TL[c]to MertonThis is just a brief note to express our sincere appreciation for your contribution to our proposed  thanks for Merton's brief contribution to booklet on <i>Constitution on the Church in the Modern World</i>
 1967/10/18 TLSto MertonIn the Spring of 1967 we published <u>World</u>, which contained the first half of Vatican II's   
 1968/no/no? other <i>Whence do wars and quarrels come among you? Is it not from this, from your passions which</i>  Merton's brief contribution to <i>Men and Nations: Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Part 2: Problems of Special Urgency</i> with text and commentary edited by Peter Foote (1968), p. 69, on its strong statements against war
 undated/no/no other <u>PEOPLE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE</u>  [alphabetical list of people asked to contribute to series on Second Vatican Council documents for a booklet series by the Catholic Action Federations]
        

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