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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Beaumont, Jeane

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965, 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

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Related Information and Links

See published letter from Merton in Witness to Freedom, p. 111.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/12/24 TL[c]from MertonThanks for the book, first of all. I had heard about it, and I am sure I will profit by reading it.Yes clergy's view of women - seminary formation in shaping this view / conscientious objection / <i>Pacem in Terris</i> and Pope Paul VI's speech to the UN / Vietnam War / reasons to object from involvement in fighting war and alternatives - Peace Corps / harmfulness of irresponsible protest / Gordon Zahn's <i>In Silent Witness</i>
 1968/06/27 HLSto MertonI beg your permission to […] from "The Strange Islands" into some Little Worship Services. They  worship services to include works by - Merton, St. John of the Cross, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Lax, Beaumont's son Christopher, St. Francis, Holy Scripture, etc.; and songs by Beaumont / two prayers or reflections by her son Christopher - one written at age 6 and one at age 9
        

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