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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Marie Pius of Christ the King, Sr., O.S.C.".
Sr. Marie Pius writes from the Monastery of Saint Clare in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the first African-American admitted to the Poor Clares in the United States. She was suffering from a terminal illness at the time of writing to Merton.
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1958/12/28 |
TLS to Merton |
My dear Brother in the Lord, first let us thank the dear Lord for a holy, peaceful, and happy |
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[the first page mistakenly dated "1968" but should be "1958" / it is correctly noted on the second page]
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1959/02/23 |
TLS to Merton |
Greetings: Happy are the blameless in life's way who walk in the law of the Lord. Ps.118 |
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