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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Leeman, Richard".
In 1959, Richard Leeman was working on a PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he lived with his wife and two children.
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1959/10/29 |
TLS to Merton |
I pray that you will be permitted to read and, at your convenience, send me a short reply to this |
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article on Mt. Athos in August 1959 Jubilee - possibility of a flexible lay contemplative life in the West established around a monastic community - not a substitute for a missed calling but a deeper fullness in marriage / failed attempts by lay couples on their own without guidance from an established community
«detailed view» |
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