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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Caruana, Alferio, Dom, O.S.B.".
Dom Alferio Caruana was a Maltese Benedictine monk living in Salerno, Italy, and trying to go to Malta. "Dom" is used here as a title of a professed monk and does not mean he was an abbot. Caruana's letter mentions he will be ordained to the priesthood in July of 1967.
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1967/01/22 |
TLS to Merton |
Before telling you why I am writing to you I want to introduce myself. I am Dom. ALFERIO CARUANA |
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asking Merton to be his spiritual director / sends photo [not extant]
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1967/05/05 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Please pardon me for taking so long to answer your letter of March 7th. I have had a hard time |
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recommends a priest in France who does spiritual direction by mail - Pere Etienne from the Abbaye du Mont des Cats / not in touch with changes to Cistercian life as he now lives as a hermit / sending photo and book, Spiritual Direction And Meditation
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