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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lourdes, Sr.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1960

Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

This letter suggests that Sr. Lourdes is in a religious order in the Orient. Merton does not mention her order, but mentions that she has hopes of becoming a Trappistine.

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Sr. Lourdes (published as "Sister L.") in The School of Charity, pp. 128-129.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1960/03/31 TLS[x]from MertonIt seems to me that probably some of my letters have not reached you. I sent the only availableYes Mother Berchmans / vocation as a Trappistine - not likely to find Trappistines in the Orient
        

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