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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
DePinto, Basil, Fr., O.S.B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968, 1972

Volume: 14 item(s); 14 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Basil DePinto was a Benedictine priest at Mount Saviour Monastery in Pine City, New York, and took over as editor of Monastic Studies from Brendan Collins. DePinto was a former monk of Gethsemani. He later left the Benedictines but remained a priest, serving in Rhode Island and California.

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Related Information and Links

See published letters from Merton to DePinto in The School of Charity, pp. 345-346; and see also "Collins, Bernard, Fr. (Br. Brendan Collins)" file for DePinto's predecessor at Monastic Studies.

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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
 1967/08/25 TL[c]to MertonBr. Brendan is off to Collegeville to study and I'm going to try to keep MONASTIC STUDIES afloat.   
 1967/09/01 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your note, very gratifying because I would certainly hate to see "Monastic Studies"Yes  
 1967/09/30 TLSto MertonMany thanks for the "spiritual Father", which I'm sure we'll use in this issue or the next.   
 1967/12/20 TLS[x]from MertonOops so sorry forgot your letter. I have been very busy even worse than usual. About your queries   
 1968/01/18 TLSto MertonAnother idea for a book review: Jean Décarreaux, Monks and Civilization: The Story of Early   
 1968/01/22 (#01)TL[c]from MertonWe have had two of those three books read here in refectory and they are ok, but they are past   
 1968/01/22 (#02)TALS[x]from MertonWe have had two of those three books read here in refectory and they are ok, but they are past   
 1968/04/05 TLSto MertonYou expressed interest in "Sources Chrétiennes" as material for book reviews. I have the first   
 1968/04/13 (#01)TLS[x]from MertonSulpicius Serverus: why not? As long as I have plenty of time. Anyhow, do send along.   
 1968/04/13 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonThe xeroxes of this review article for you came in after I mailed my last thing. This will reach   
 1968/06/11 TLS[x]from MertonI am really covered with confusion. The other day offprints came from <u>Cistercian Studies</u>--   
 1968/06/22 TLS[x]from MertonI'll send a critique of MS 5 but yesterday I looked all around and couldn't find my copy. Later!   
 1972/09/06 TLSto Center from Peter, Br., O.S.B.I'm sorry that we did not meet last week. I will make copies of the correspondence between Thomas  [letter from Br. Peter from Mount Saviour Monastery, who was editor of <u>Monastic Studies</u> at the time of this letter]
 1972/09/15 TL[c]from Center to Peter, Br., O.S.B.I too regret that I did not meet you while at Mt. Saviour for the symposium. The first thing   
        

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