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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Chrysantha, Mary, Sr., O.S.F.".
Sr. M. Chrysantha was a Franciscan sister at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.
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.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1967/02/20 |
TLS to Merton |
May I break into that profound solitude of which you speak so inspiringly in your books? I come to |
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studying her community as directed by the Second Vatican Council to determine future directions or changes to religious life, aggiornamento - studying observance of community silence and "theological orientation" / if she quotes Merton, others will say that his ideas only apply to contemplatives - they have active teaching ministry
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1967/03/02 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I just got out of the hospital and can't type much, or well. I will try to be clear and brief on |
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old attitudes toward silence "promoted a kind of pious deaf mutism" / religious are entitled to a life with the privilege of silence / flexibility to allow space for silence for some, while respecting those who will be "oppressed" by it / knowing the time and place for silence in monastic life / need for silence in active orders
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1967/03/22 |
TALS to Merton |
To say that I am grateful to you, Father, is a classic understatement put tritely! But I am deeply |
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need for the silence in religious life that Merton describes in New Seeds of Contemplation and Thoughts in Solitude / Merton should state opinions openly and "Maybe you would shock THE CATHOLIC REPORTER INTO A MUCH NEEDED SILENCE on many topics." / Merton's Mid-Lenten letter on community board
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