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1955/May/16 (#01)
Series: 16 Special Merton File: Correspondence with Archbishop Giovanni Montini (later Pope Paul VI)
Type: TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
To/From: to Montini, Giovanni from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->
# of pages: 5
Published in: Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon
First Lines: "This is the first letter I have ever written to you, Your Excellency, but we have received many"
Contents: Merton's vocational crisis - interest in Carthusians or Camaldolese - desire for solitary life / Merton's background, conversion history, entry into monastery, life as a writer, Master of Novices / Fr. Barnabas Mary, C.P. and Gabriel Sortais - negative effect of Merton leaving
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 16:
1955/May/16 (#01)
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