Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Unidentified Nuns and Religious Sisters (filed at the end of the sequence)" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1963/November/08 

Series:    

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:   from Merton to "Dear Sister" 

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "I have read your letter carefully and it seems to me to be quite reasonable. Your spirit is good"

Contents:  [religious sister and artist] questions religious vocation - wonders if her vocation hampers her art / Merton asks whether vocation hinders art or gives freedom and structure to do art - advises her to stay with community and continue discernment / recommends P.R. Régamey's Religious Art in the Twentieth Century

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Unidentified Nuns and Religious Sisters (filed at the end of the sequence):"    1963/November/08