Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1965/July/22 

Series:  6  Correspondence from Gethsemani Archives: Dom James Fox with Abbot General Ignace Gillet.

Type:  TL[x] - Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  to Gillet, Ignace from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "I owe you acknowledgments for not a few letters-- July 6-- July 9-- and now July 16. In your July"

Contents:  Merton now a "quasi-hermit" - will take on more of an eremitic lifestyle, but still join the community for meals and Mass / Fox thinks radio broadcast of "the hermit of 1965" would be "a farce" / does not think Charles Dumont is realistic in proposing trans-Atlantic trip for Merton

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2004/02/13

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 6:    1965/July/22