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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Baptist, Mary, Sr.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Baptist, Mary, Sr.".

Biography

Sr. Mary Baptist is writing from the Incarnate Word Convent in Bellaire, Texas.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/02/22 HLSto MertonThanks for the letter and photograph. I had no idea you were so husky looking. Thanks above all  list changes, "experimentation", that is going on in community of which she and others disapprove - fewer Mass times, confession; no organized mental prayer, Rosary, Stations; Vatican II outdated; corporal works stressed, contemplation passé
 1968/04/10 TL[c]from MertonI am sorry I left your letter so long without an answer. It is almost impossible for me to deal  response to the changes mentioned in previous letter / need for pluralism but not being dominated by things that go against conscience / need for sacraments in religious life and mental prayer for some
        

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