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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Le Pennuen, Louis de Gonzague, Dom, O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1951-1955

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Le Pennuen, Louis de Gonzague, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Dom Louis de Gonzague Le Pennuen was a Trappist monk who became Abbot of Our Lady of Melleray in France from 1949-1958. Melleray is the motherhouse of Gethsemani Abbey, so the abbot of this monastery was important in decisions affecting Merton. Le Pennuen was replaced by Dom Colomban Bissey.

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Related Information and Links

See "Fox, James" file for letters between Dom Louis de Gonzague Le Pennuen and Dom James Fox of Gethsemani, and one letter from Marie Amédée to Le Pennuen.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1951/08/04 TALSto MertonJ'ai un peu tardé à répondre à votre bonne lettre du 7 Juillet, mais, quand elle est arrivée,   
 1951/10/02 TLSto MertonUn simple petit mot pour vous remercier chaleureusement de vos tentatives en faveur du petit  [encloses a black and white photograph of the Abbey of Melleray in France]
 1953/10/05 TALSto MertonNotre Révérendissime m'a transmis votre lettre du 19 Septembre en me demandant, comme   
 1955/10/27 TALSto MertonIl y a quelques jours, je recevais une lettre de Dom James qui m'a fait plaisir et me disait votre   
        

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