Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1956/January/09 

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:  "Good Father Louis has some notes: "Basic Principles of Monastic Life" and several other little"

Contents:  copy of Merton's letter to Dom Jean Leclercq / letter from Carthusian who had about Merton's temptations in his books writes to Fox - says that Trappist vocation is ideal for Merton and that he is not fit to be a hermit

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:    1956/January/09