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Merton's Correspondence with:

Sr. Marie Pius of Christ the King

Marie Pius of Christ the King, Sr., O.S.C.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1958-1959
Volume: 2 item(s); 9 pg(s)

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Biography

Sr. Marie Pius writes from the Monastery of Saint Clare in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the first African-American admitted to the Poor Clares in the United States. She was suffering from a terminal illness at the time of writing to Merton.

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1. 1958/12/28 TLS to Merton My dear Brother in the Lord, first let us thank the dear Lord for a holy, peaceful, and happy [the first page mistakenly dated "1968" but should be "1958" / it is correctly noted on the second page] «detailed view»
2. 1959/02/23 TLS to Merton Greetings: Happy are the blameless in life's way who walk in the law of the Lord. Ps.118 «detailed view»

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