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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Watt, Joseph Raymond, Fr. (Fr. Marion, O.C.S.O.), d. 2002

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1954

Volume: 5 item(s); 9 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Joseph Raymond Watt was a former monk of Gethsemani Abbey under the religious name of Fr. Marion during the 1950's. At some point he left the monastery for parish life and spent many years in the Monterey Diocese in California. After he died, he was cremated and his ashes were returned to Gethsemani Abbey. (Source: "The Rev. Joseph Watt". Obituaries section of the Santa Cruz Sentinal Online. 16 Aug. 2002. Accessed 31 Aug. 2006 at the Bellarmine University Library. ‹http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/August/16/obit/obit.htm›.)

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Series List

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

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1954/02/13	TLS	from Merton	I won't write much. Mail going to St Jo's is awlays [sic] uncertain. When I was there I got a lot
1954/10/06	HLS	to Merton	Here it is almost a week since we've left and I haven't written yet. We had a very pleasant trip
1954/10/16	TALS	from Merton	Many thanks for the letter. It sounded fine, and seemed to indicate that you were having a good
undated/no/no	TNS	from Merton	For examination-- In regard both to drives for affection and for self-assertion: it is important
undated/no/no	TNS	from Merton	Here are a few notes. They might help. What we need now is more material to go on. Have lots

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