Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Berrigan, Philip Francis, 1923-2002" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/December/31 (#01)

Series:    

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

To/From:  from Merton to "Berrigan, Philip Francis, 1923-2002"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "New Year's eve. The day is darkening and it has been snowing since midnight last night. Snow is"

Contents:  support for Philip's act of civil disobedience and the governments charge of conspiracy / John and June Yungblut / Merton's book Faith and Violence dedicated to Philip and Daniel / abbatial election / new foundation in Chile - asking Merton to go down / "Maybe the only honest place is jail-- or the Amazon jungle"

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Berrigan, Philip Francis, 1923-2002:"    1967/December/31 (#01)