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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Peifer, Claude J., Fr., O.S.B.".
Fr. Claude J. Peifer was a Benedictine monk from St. Bede Abbey in Peru, Illinois. He later served as abbot there from 2003-2011.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also Merton's "Reply to Dom Kucera" in Sub-Sections D.1 and E.1, a comment on "Monastic renewal revisited: ressourcement and aggiornamento," by Claude John Peifer, O.S.B., which was a critique of "The meaning of monastic renewal," by Daniel Kucera, O.S.B.
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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1965/04/29 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
I have just read your very fine essay on "The Biblical Foundations of Monasticism" and am very |
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Merton asking if Peifer's essay can be printed/reprinted in a Cistercian journal - "The Biblical Foundations of Monasticism" was later published in Cistercian Studies 1 (1966): 7-31
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1965/05/01 |
TLS to Merton |
You are quite welcome to these copies, which at the moment are just taking up space in the drawer. |
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Fr. Basil Pennington - monastic law
«detailed view» |
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1965/05/05 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Many thanks for the extra copies of the essay. Monastic Studies is a good place for it. I wish |
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«detailed view» |
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1965/05/16 |
TLS to Merton |
I have eagerly devoured the essays you kindly sent and cannot begin to thank you enough for them. |
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essays on monastic life
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1965/05/29 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
The Collectanea is delighted to have your article. The editor tells me that his intention is to run |
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Fr. Placide Deseille - "L'Evangile au desert" / monastic renewal and Merton's move to the eremitic life
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1965/08/04 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Sorry about my delay in answering your letter, but honestly I don't see that is any problem. |
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conflict in the essay "The Biblical Foundations of Monasticism" appearing in an upcoming book while being published as an article - suggests writing to Fr. Charles Dumont of Chimay, Belgium / Merton writing from hospital
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1965/08/14 |
TLS from Merton |
Your letter was forwarded to me here, where I've been giving a retreat. Thanks for your reply. |
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