Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1953/October/01 

Series:  5  Correspondence from Gethsemani Archives: Dom James Fox with Abbot General Gabriel Sortais.

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

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

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Father Louis is restless at times. Last Fall he wrote to the Carthusians, in Vermont. They invited"

Contents:  Merton's plans to join the Carthusians or be a Camaldolese or Carmelite hermit - still plans to be a quasi-hermit at Gethsemani

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 5:    1953/October/01