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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Baptist, Mary, Sr.".
Sr. Mary Baptist is writing from the Incarnate Word Convent in Bellaire, Texas.
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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1968/02/22 |
HLS to Merton |
Thanks for the letter and photograph. I had no idea you were so husky looking. Thanks above all |
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list changes, "experimentation", that is going on in community of which she and others disapprove - fewer Mass times, confession; no organized mental prayer, Rosary, Stations; Vatican II outdated; corporal works stressed, contemplation passé
«detailed view» |
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1968/04/10 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am sorry I left your letter so long without an answer. It is almost impossible for me to deal |
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response to the changes mentioned in previous letter / need for pluralism but not being dominated by things that go against conscience / need for sacraments in religious life and mental prayer for some
«detailed view» |
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