Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1966/August/07 (#02)

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

Type:  TLS - Typed signed letter.

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

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Witness to Freedom

First Lines:  "I think this ought to take care of the essentials, and I presume we agree on the essential"

Contents:  Merton promises not to smuggle out letters, make illicit phone calls, or leave monastery (even to Loretto) without permission / asking Fox to believe in him and not make it a relationship of distrust with fears of "constraint and (veiled) punitive measures" [attached document "Some Guidelines for Monastic Hermits"]

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 7:    1966/August/07 (#02)