This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McGinley, Gerard, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
Dom Gerard McGinley was Abbot of Our Lady of the Genesee in Piffard, New York at the time of this correspondence with Merton.
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See also the "Story of Fr. Dennis, The" in the Merton Center Classification, Section E.1, Manuscript Essays, for more information about Fr. Dennis, who is mentioned in this correspondence.
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.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1953/07/14 |
TLS to Merton |
It was very kind of you, Father, to take time to write me about your child, Frater Luke. I am |
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vocation/discernment matters
«detailed view» |
2. |
1954/10/09 |
TLS to Merton |
Your two sons arrived and they are edifying the community by their very good spirit. I think that |
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vocation/discernment matters / publishing of the letters of Fr. Dennis
«detailed view» |
3. |
1955/08/05 |
TLS to Merton |
Greetings from the North Pole where it is a hundred degrees at the present time and just as hot as |
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publishing of the letters of Fr. Dennis
«detailed view» |
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