Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1968/October/20 (#02)

Series:  1  Correspondence from original Merton papers (some later additions): Dom James Fox with Merton, Fr. Charles Dumont, Edward Glenn Hinson, Msgr. Alfred Frederick Horrigan, Fr. Giovanni Montini, James Morrissey, Naomi Burton Stone, etc.

Type:  transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.

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

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "I have been waiting for a chance to thank you for your warm and gracious letter, which reached me"

Contents:  [filed as p. 9 attached to 1969/02/01 letter, original in Series 7, response to Fox letter of 1968/10/06 (Series 1)] does not blame Fox for his past decisions / new openness in monastic life might lead to abuses - want his trip to be for a "spiritual goal" / finding Asian Buddhist meditation centers unknown in the West / Americans don't meditate nor "really know themselves"

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 1:    1968/October/20 (#02)