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Merton's Correspondence with:

Fr. Laurence Mancuso; Mancuso, Laurence, Fr., O.F.M.; Archimandrite Laurence Mancuso

Mancuso, Laurence, Archimandrite  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1961, 1967-1968
Volume: 4 item(s); 8 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Mancuso, Laurence, Archimandrite".

Biography

Archimandrite Laurence Mancuso founded the Monks of New Skete in Cambridge, New York, in 1966. In his first letter to Merton in 1961, he was a Franciscan priest in the Byzantine-Slavonic Rite, living in New Canaan, Connecticut. After founding New Skete, he joined the Orthodox Church in America.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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1. 1961/04/07 TLS to Merton I must first apologize for this letter inasmuch as you are busy enough as it is. Yet, with your «detailed view»
2. 1967/02/24 TALS to Merton Six years ago -almost to the month- I wrote to you concerning the life of a religious «detailed view»
3. 1968/02/17 TLS to Merton This is rather odd letter, as you'll see. But I hope it finds you well, and completely recovered «detailed view»
4. 1968/03/06 TL[c] from Merton I am glad you are able to make some use of the mimeo sheets. I will send more when I can. «detailed view»

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