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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Smith, Thomas Fidelis, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1964

Volume: 4 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Thomas Fidelis Smith was a Trappist monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia.

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Fr. Thomas Fidelis Smith in The School of Charity, pp. 176-177. This letter is also published, with a commentary by Fr. Thomas Fidelis Smith, in The Merton Annual, Volume 19.

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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
 1963/06/29 TLS[x]from MertonProbably you are overdoing the Jesus Prayer a bit. I think it is all very well for a hard headedYes  
 1964/08/20 TALSto MertonChrist's presence and Spirit be with you. Hi! How are you? It is just a little over a year ago   
 1964/09/03 TAL[c]from MertonNo, I have not read Schillebeeckx on MONASTICISM AND PRIESTHOOD but I am familiar with those ideas.   
 1964/09/11 TLSto MertonChrist's presence and Spirit be with you. Thanks so much for your well-balanced reply.   
        

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