Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section D.2:

Message of contemplatives to the modern world

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  In all the great religious traditions men and women have dedicated themselves to contemplative lives

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Spirit duplicator ditto

Date:  August no-day, 1967

Number of pages:  14

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  3 copies, one of which is a photocopied version with copied signature by Merton and "Don Devereux" written at the top.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 12

Item 2 - Copy of ltr. written to a Cistercian Abbot in Italy

First Lines:  Most Reverend Father: This morning I received your letter of August the 14th and I realize I must

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  August 21, 1967

Number of pages:  8

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Mimeographed transcript of letter sent to Abbot Francis Decroix at the Cistercian abbey in Frattocchie, Italy, to whom Merton sent the "Message of Contemplatives" (see Section A, Correspondence under "Decroix).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 12

Item 3 - Copy of ltr. written to a Cistercian Abbot in Italy [second letter]

First Lines:  Most Reverend and Dear Father: Since the letter I wrote yesterday was too late for yesterday's mail

Sub-Type:  Correspondence

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Mimeograph

Date:  August 22, 1967

Number of pages:  3

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Mimeographed transcript of letter sent to Abbot Francis Decroix at the Cistercian abbey in Frattocchie, Italy, to whom Merton sent the "Message of Contemplatives" (see Section A, Correspondence under "Decroix).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 12