Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987 (Series 29, numbered entries)" file

Single Item Record 069 for the Date:
undated/March/30 

Series:  29  Dom James Fox files from Gethsemani Abbey, files on Merton's vocation crisis and reaction to Monica Furlong's biography, transferred to Merton Center 2018.

Type:  TL[x] - Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987 (Series 29, numbered entries)"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "For the first time in weeks I am enjoying the unusual sensation-- of being temporarily convinced"

Contents:  [see also Fox Series 7 for original] Merton feels that his existence is not purposeless, unlike most of the time - talk with Protestant seminarians helped - Br. Clement and others helped by building quiet cell over the new stairs

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2018/02/19

Date added:  2018

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987 (Series 29, numbered entries):" Series 29: 069   undated/March/30