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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Coakley, Mother, R.S.C.J.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1967

Volume: 3 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Coakley, Mother, R.S.C.J.".

Biography

Mother Coakley was a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Master of Novices of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Albany, New York.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Coakley in The School of Charity, pp. 261-262 and 320-321.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/01/03 TL[c]from MertonThank you and your novices again for the gift of honey, which came as a very welcome reminder of ourYes "eulogiae" from Rule of St. Benedict / Spanish nun Etheria
 1966/11/16 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for the honey and for the news of your centenary. I did celebrate with you, and you canYes peace and satisfaction in the hermit life - "an acre of woods seems a wonderful exchange for the entire world" / September 8 commitment to hermit life
 1967/05/10 HLSto MertonThank you for your great message of Christian hope sent as entrance into the Paschal season.  trip to Rome as a delegate to her Order's Chapter / may ask Merton's help with questions for this meeting
        

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