Merton visited Christ in the Desert Monastery during his travels in 1968, and Dom Aelred Wall invites him to return.
Dom Aelred Wall was the founder of Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu, New Mexico, and was its first superior.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1968/04/09 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Randall de Trinis, formerly a monk here, has asked me to write you a letter of recommendation, |
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«detailed view» |
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1968/06/04 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
All last week I was busy with a group of nuns that were here for conferences etc. I did not have |
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[letterhead on verso: "Community Council of San Mateo County" - "Action Study on Community Health Services"]
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3. |
undated/no/no |
HPCS to Merton |
This Santuario was one of the places I wanted to take you but there wasn't time. You have to return |
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[verso of postcard: color photograph with this description: "Beautiful reredos which decorate the interior of EL SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO, painted between 1825 and 1856 just as they have survived through the years."]
«detailed view» |
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