This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Schomer, Howard, Rev. Dr.".
The Rev. Dr. Howard Schomer was a Congregationalist minister and President of Chicago Theological Seminary. He was a Delegated Observer of the Second Vatican Council, representing the International Congregational Council. He was an anti-war activist and took part in some of the Civil Rights Movement's demonstrations with Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1963/10/29 |
TLS to Merton |
It is now clear that I should be at the Council from November 16 to the end of this session |
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1963/11/05 |
TALS from Merton |
I am glad to hear you are going to the Council. I think it will be very interesting. All my |
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1971/02/22 |
TL to Center from Schomer, Howard |
Your letter about correspondence with Thomas Merton reached me at my current address, via |
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1971/03/31 |
TL[x] from Center to Schomer, Howard |
Thank you for the letter of Father Thomas Merton dated November 5, 1963, and for the authorization |
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