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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Marquis, Marie-Joseph, Dom

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1958

Volume: 3 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton asks the help of Dom Marie-Joseph in getting a transfer of monasteries for Fr. Francisco Solano Canedo from Gethsemani Abbey to a French monastery. He wanted this inquiry to remain secret because Merton did not feel he had the support of his abbot, Dom James, nor the Trappist abbot general, Dom Gabriel Sortais. Fr. Francisco Solano was a Bolivian, but came to Gethsemani from Argentina.

Biography

Dom Marie-Joseph Marquis was Abbot of Notre Dame de Grâce in Bricquebec, France, from 1940-1981.

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

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1958/08/28 TL[c]from MertonJe vous écris d'abord pour vous renseigner un peu sur le petit Frère qui vous écrit comme postulant   
 1958/09/11 (#01)TALSto MertonLe petit mot qui accompagne ces lignes dit au petit frère Francisco qu'il peut venir. Il essaiera  [Dom Marquis labels this as "Res Conscientiae", conscience matter]
 1958/09/11 (#02)TLSto Solano Canedo, FranciscoPuisque vous le désirez, venez. Je vous ouvre tout grands, et le monastère et mon coeur.  [Dom Marquis labels this as "Res Conscientiae", conscience matter]
        

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