Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1968/October/06 

Series:  1  Correspondence from original Merton papers (some later additions): Dom James Fox with Merton, Fr. Charles Dumont, Edward Glenn Hinson, Msgr. Alfred Frederick Horrigan, Fr. Giovanni Montini, James Morrissey, Naomi Burton Stone, etc.

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

To/From:  to Merton from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  2

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First Lines:  "Perhaps you are not expecting a note from me - at least so soon. But I do want you to know - that,"

Contents:  [filed as p. 7-8 attached to 1969/02/01 letter (Fox's handwritten copy in Series 29)] rapid changes in Trappist community - less mandatory silence, hermits permitted, trips outside monastery / Fox's call to be hermit and how he had to wait - how he made Merton wait for Asian journey - in the end Fox a "loyal friend and brother" not Merton's "nemesis"

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 1:    1968/October/06