Single Item Record for the Date:
1953/January/29
Series: 9 Special Merton File: Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Abbot General Gabriel Sortais
Type: TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
To/From: from Merton to Barnabas Ahern
# of pages: 2
Published in:
First Lines: "Thank you for your letter of clarification; for, yes, I was concerned. Your confidence is"
Contents: [transcript copy of a letter from Fr. Barnabas Ahern to Merton (see Ahern correspondence file for original), copy likely sent from Fox to Sortais] criticizes Merton's idea of becoming a hermit / suggests a year-long sabbatical doing the work of a Trappist / recommends Dialogues of St. Catherine of Siena
Language: English
Source or donor: Gethsemani Abbey Archives
Date received: 2008/07/14
Date added:
Unique identifier: Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 9:
1953/January/29
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