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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Morgana, Dante J.".
Dr. Dante J. Morgana, a medical doctor and Benedictine Oblate (Frater Augustinus Morgana), writes from Buffalo, New York. He seems to have spent some time (1961?) as a postulant at Gethsemani Abbey.
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1961/01/06 |
HPCS[x] from Merton |
Good to hear from you again and many thnaks for the gift. I think the question of your vocation |
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1962/01/11 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Thank you so much for your most generous gift which you enclosed in your Christmas Greetings |
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Merton praises Morgana on his fluency in Latin and speaks of his hope that Latin will be preserved for use in monastic Masses and the Divine Office
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1962/12/20 |
HNS[x] from Merton |
I will certainly keep you in my prayers - honestly it does not look as if you were to end |
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[note written to Morgana on a typed letter from Br. Basil of Gethsemani]
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1965/04/05 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I have no difficulty remembering so unusual a postulant as you were, and I was happy to read your |
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1967/07/24? |
HLS to Merton |
Ut me extramnunc inter viventes dinumerare possis ad te hanc epistolam mitto. |
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1967/08/04? (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Or Fr Augustine. Thanks for your letter in flawless Latin. I certainly must answer in English, |
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1967/08/04? (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Or Fr Augustine. Thanks for your letter in flawless Latin. I certainly must answer in English, |
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