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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Placid, M., Br., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Br. M. Placid was a Trappist monk of the Southern Star Abbey in Kopua, New Zealand. He asks Merton some questions regarding monastic formation, solitude, Dechanet's book on yoga, and the "Prayer of Jesus.

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Br. Placid in The School of Charity, pp. 225-226.

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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
 1964/07/15 TALSto MertonPlease excuse my breaking in on your solitude - to ask a few questions: i) Two of the monks at our   
 1964/08/05 TAL[c]from MertonAbout your questions: first I suppose the best thing I could do for the "second novitiate" questionYes  
        

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