Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1955/May/28 

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

Type:  TLS[x] - Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.

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

# of pages:  3

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Vos lettres du 17 et 18 mai viennent de m'arriver, avec les copies que vous y avez jointes, et je"

Contents:  Merton's recent letters to Sortais asking for a transfer of monasteries / thoughts on Abbot's authority on matters of a transfer of Orders / possibility of scandal and poor example to novices / Abbot can refuse to allow correspondence / Merton's desire for an eremitical life - possibility of transfer to Mepkin Abbey

Language:  French

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:    1955/May/28