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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McBride, Alfred, Fr., 1928-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 5 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McBride, Alfred, Fr.".

Biography

Fr. Alfred McBride writes to member of the National Association for Pastoral Renewal (NAPR) advisory board, which included Merton.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also the "Daly, John" and "Ferry, Wilbur Hugh" files.

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
 1967/09/26 (#01)TLS[x]to NAPR Advisory BoardEnclosed is a news release for your approval. It was drawn up by Fathers O'Brien and Mc Kenzie.   
 1967/09/26 (#02)other[x]to NAPR Advisory BoardPRIESTS SEEKING TO BE MARRIED ARE SUSPENDED [-] Mexico City--NC--Two Acapulco priests  [two news articles "Priest seeking to be married are suspended" and "Priest fired for survey"]
 1967/09/29 (#01)TL[c]from MertonI went over the protest text carefully and made some emendations. It seems to me that we need   
 1967/09/29 (#02)other PRIESTS PROTEST TYRANNY OF TWO LATIN AMERICAN BISHOPS [-] (Statement of Advisory Board  [statement drafted by NAPR - Merton makes his emendations in blue ink]
 undated/no/no other To the PONTIFICAL COMMISSION for the REVISION of the CODE of CANON LAW [-] the ORDER of  [document outlining proposed revisions to canon law for Cistercian of the Strict Observance (Trappists) - includes defense of the contemplative lifestyle, status of clerical and lay members, ability to transfer monasteries, equality of nuns in the governance of the order, and the recognition of the eremitical life]
        

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