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:
1968/September/02 

Series:    

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

To/From:   from Merton to "Dear Sisters" 

# of pages:  2

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First Lines:  "Thanks for your letter and for the opportunity to look over your proposal for an experimental"

Contents:  [Patrick Hart's copy labled "Sister C." from ms. (of The School of Charity?) pp. 751-2] experimental contemplative community - benefits and drawbacks of either working from within established orders or creating something completely new / many current experiments but problem of little coordination / Sr. Immaculate Heart in Indiana / problem of solid prayer life and lack of discipline in "free" communities

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):"    1968/September/02