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:
1967/January/20 

Series:    

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

To/From:   from Merton to "Dear Sister" 

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Witness to Freedom

First Lines:  "I am glad you wrote to be [sic] about that prayer problem. It was necessary that you should."

Contents:  [to a Carmelite nun - probably of the Cleveland Carmel - WTF, pp. 196-197] Merton responds to the news of a retreat master priest who caused this nun to question her current vocation of prayer / recommends section of St. Theresa's Way of Perfection on the "Our Father" and the "Living Flame" of St. John of the Cross

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):"    1967/January/20