Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1949/September/10 

Series:  7  Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Merton: Special Binding (Archive - Stack 5).

Type:  TALS - Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

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

# of pages:  2

Published in:  School of Charity

First Lines:  "Hoping this will not be too late to catch you at Citeaux I am enclosing some notes which I wrote out"

Contents:  plan for theological seminary at Gethsemani that would be the "West Point or Annapolis for Cistercians" - study of Cistercian Fathers and mystical theology / should have separate seminary building away from noise of tractors and organs / idea of a chapel in the woods or grange with Merton as "master of the grange" - solitude

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 7:    1949/September/10