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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Chlest, Augustin Joseph, Fr.".
Fr. Augustine Chlest was writing from St. Joseph Church in Carpinteria, California.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
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.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1967/02/15 |
TLS to Merton |
profugus sum e Czechoslovakia et laboravi sicut missionarius in Africa et etiam in Brasil. Nunc |
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Chlest's background of fleeing from concentration camps in Czechoslovakia and doing missionary work in Africa and Brazil before coming to California / wants to obtain discounted copies of The Living Bread to send back to Czechoslovakia - the priests cannot openly perform their duties
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1967/02/28 |
HLS to Merton |
cum magno gaudio et gratitudine accepi hodie libros Tuos. Semper |
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thanks for receiving books
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1967/10/04 |
TLS to Merton |
hisce diebus accepi cum gratitudine magna decem copias libri Tui "Bread in the Wilderness". |
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received confirmation of Merton's The Living Bread arriving in Czechoslovakia - the 10 copies of Bread in the Wilderness en route
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