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Mariann Vail was distraught by the recent assassinations of Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. She felt she should do some kind of penance to counter the violence of these acts, but was not Catholic and asked Merton for some instruction. Merton gives her some suggestions.
Mariann Vail writes from Richmond, Indiana.
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1968/06/13 |
HLS to Merton |
The assasination [sic] of Senator Robert Kennedy added to his brother's, Dr Martin Luther King, etc. |
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1968/06/23 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I must say I feel a little reluctant to impose a penance on someone I don't know, but at least I can |
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