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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Roucoulet, Gerald P.".
Gerald P. Roucoulet was a college seminarian in his early twenties studying for the diocesan priesthood at Christ the King Seminary in St. Bonaventure, New York. He was considering the monastic life and asks for Merton's advice.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also one published letter from Merton to Roucoulet in The Road to Joy, p. 362.
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.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1968/01/24 |
HLS to Merton |
Six years ago when I was a sophomore in high school (Catholic, all-boys), I picked up a copy |
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1968/01/28 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Not an awful lot I can tell you. Perhaps the best thing would be to acquire some monastic |
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«detailed view» |
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1968/01/28 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Merton |
Not an awful lot I can tell you. Perhaps the best thing would be to acquire some monastic |
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1971/02/10 |
TLS to Center from Roucoulet, Gerald |
Enclosed you will find a copy of the one and only letter I received from Fr. Merton. I am delighted |
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