MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Couilleau, Guerric, Fr., O.C.S.O.
Click here to exit print-formated view.
Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1964
Volume: 2 item(s); 4 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This exchange of two long letters gives an insight into Merton's views on changes to the monastic life. He disputes which traditions should be changed or retained, especially in relation to the Chapter of Faults. He also gets into a question with which he was struggling: what is a monks work in the world to be and how can the monastic contribute on battles of civil rights and nuclear disarmament and still be a contemplative? There is one signed letter by Merton and one by Couilleau.
Biography
Fr. Guerric Couilleau was a Cistercian monk of Bellefontaine Abbey in France.
Usage Guidelines and Restrictions
Related Information and Links
See published letter from Merton to Couilleau in The School of Charity, pp. 212-215.
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
|