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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Cecilia, Sr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 5 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Sr. Cecilia was a Trappist nun of Redwoods Monastery in California and was secretary to Mother Myriam Dardenne.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See one published letter from Merton to Sr. Cecilia in The School of Charity, p. 381; and one published letter in Thomas Merton in California.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/06/27 TL[c]from MertonI want to attempt at least a brief answer to your letter. I wish I had a good solution for the  reply to a request for advice about a Sister forced to take a psychological exam - Merton's thoughts on use of psychology in monastic setting and whether this case is just cause to complain to or about a superior
 1968/03/29 TLS[x]to MertonMother Myriam asked me to look into the flight possibilities for your Westbound trip, and here isYes [see "Dardenne, Myriam" file for the original of this letter]
 1968/04/25 TL[c]from MertonThe ticket arrived safely, many thanks. We can work on the return flights later, but it would  flight itineraries between California and Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a layover in Albuquerque
 1968/05/23 (#01)TL[c]from MertonAs I did not use the tickets between Albuquerque and Santa Fe either way, I am returning themYes enjoyed Christ in the Desert Monastery, but prefers the Pacific Ocean and California to the arid desert of New Mexico / Mother Myriam Dardenne
 1968/05/23 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonAs I did not use the tickets between Albuquerque and Santa Fe either way, I am returning themYes [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] enjoyed Christ in the Desert Monastery, but prefers the Pacific Ocean and California to the arid desert of New Mexico / Mother Myriam Dardenne
        

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