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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McGinley, Gerard, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1906-1955

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1953-1955

Volume: 3 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Dom Gerard McGinley was Abbot of Our Lady of the Genesee in Piffard, New York at the time of this correspondence with Merton.

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Related Information and Links

See also the "Story of Fr. Dennis, The" in the Merton Center Classification, Section E.1, Manuscript Essays, for more information about Fr. Dennis, who is mentioned in this correspondence.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1953/07/14 TLSto MertonIt was very kind of you, Father, to take time to write me about your child, Frater Luke. I am  vocation/discernment matters
 1954/10/09 TLSto MertonYour two sons arrived and they are edifying the community by their very good spirit. I think that  vocation/discernment matters / publishing of the letters of Fr. Dennis
 1955/08/05 TLSto MertonGreetings from the North Pole where it is a hundred degrees at the present time and just as hot as  publishing of the letters of Fr. Dennis
        

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