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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McKenna, Peggy

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Peggy McKenna responds to the article, "Crisis in Monasticism Hits American Trappists" in the National Catholic Reporter. She feels she is a sort of contemplative "in the world" and takes issue with Merton's superiors rejection of his trip to Japan to meet with Zen scholars.

Biography

Peggy McKenna was a homemaker writing from Orange, Texas.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/12/13 HLSto MertonI have no idea if you will receive this or not as I do not even have your proper address.   
        

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