Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Spiritual roots of protest, The. Retreat, November 1964. Notes.

Item 1 - [01] Notes for F.O.R. retreat November 1964

First Lines:  Spiritual roots of Protest: Where not to start: the familiar litanies. (Catholic protest

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Holograph

Date:  November no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - [02] RETREAT November 1964: "Spiritual Roots of Protest"

First Lines:  We are hoping to reflect together during these days on our common grounds for religious dissent

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript

Date:  November no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  2 slightly different copies.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - [03]

First Lines:  A decade ago we corresponded about my interest in learning whether anyone would seek to report

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript

Date:  September 30, 1994

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  From John Howard Yoder to Robert Daggy, Curator of the Thomas Merton Center concerning the 1964 Gethsemani Retreat Notes.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - [04]

First Lines:  I received your letter concerning "The Spiritual Roots of Protest" retreat. I am glad to have these

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  October 04, 1994

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  From Robert Daggy, Curator of the Thomas Merton Center to John Howard Yoder concerning the 1964 Gethsemani Retreat Notes.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 5 - [05]

First Lines:  Subject: Gethsemani retreat November 1964; supplement to my notes. When I summarized and sent you

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript

Date:  June 02, 1995

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  From John Howard Yoder to Robert Daggy, Curator of the Thomas Merton Center concerning the 1964 Gethsemani Retreat Notes.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 6 - [06] Transcription of original notes by JH Yoder : Gethsemani c/o T Merton 18-20 November 1964

First Lines:  Thomas Merton introducing the session Wednesday PM: (cf. his outline in Zahn ed.) Nonviolent

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, 1994

Number of pages:  10

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Transcribed June 1993.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 7 - [07] Entities and people behind the narrative of the Nov 1964 Gethsemani "retreat"

First Lines:  Background comments by J H Yoder for the use of archivists and historians. Printout of fall 1994

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, 1994

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 8 - [08] Background and editorial comments to the notes from the Gethsemane [sic] "retreat" of November

First Lines:  The point of these comments is to assist historians who attempt to connect this account

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, 1994

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 9 - [09] Restatement of the protestant stance - Notes prepared by J H Yoder for presentation by JHY

First Lines:  1) responding to TM's question: "By what right do we protest?" The best answer, if it worked, would

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, 1994

Number of pages:  5

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 10 - [10] Notes: J H Yoder "Homily" at Gethsemani separate mass for the retreat guests, early morning

First Lines:  The lectionary chose the Gospel text: John 17 Celebrant Daniel Berrigan SJ I shall make no attempt

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  no-month no-day, 1994

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 11 - [11] RETREAT November 1964: "Spiritual Roots of Protest" [with handwritten notes by Jim Forest]

First Lines:  Psychiatric Aspects of the Prevention of Nuclear War report 57 [-] Group for the Advancement of

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of holograph and printed material

Date:  November no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  Forest, James

Language:  English

Notes:  Back side of sheet, handwritten notes from the retreat by Jim Forest. Front side the same as one version of Item 3 in this file, Merton's outline of the meeting with one handwritten correction of the schedule. Copied from the University of Notre Dame Archives.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 12 - [12] GETHSEMANI [-] By what right to protest?

First Lines:  TM To protest one must live not on a superficial leve. But we all live on a superficial level.

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript

Date:  November no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  Forest, James

Language:  English

Notes:  According to Jim Forest, the typed notes were by him and "a condensation of the handwritten notes [he] made during the retreat". Copied from the University of Notre Dame Archives.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 13 - [13] From: Jim Forest

First Lines:  Thanks for the citation. My memory gets rustier as the years pass.

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Computer printout

Date:  January 09, 2019

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  Forest, James

Language:  English

Notes:  Email from Jim Forest to Mark Meade regarding the authorship of the notes from Notre Dame's archives.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6