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Thomas Merton's Correspondence with: de Trinis, Randall (alias Fr. Sebastian, O.C.S.O.)Randall de Trinis; Randy de Trinis; de Trinis, Randy; Fr. Sebastian de Trinis
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Record Group:Section A - Correspondence |
Dates of materials:1959, 1967-1968 |
Volume:16 item(s); 20 pg(s) |
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Information Series & Arrangement Container ListAccording to a note to handwritten on one of the letters, Randy de Trinis, known at Gethsemani as Sebastian, entered Gethsemani in 1955, made simple profession in 1957, and left the monastery on June 9, 1959. He later writes from St. Joseph's Priory in Somerset, Ohio. In his last cards, he speaks of a desire to enter Christ in the Desert, a Benedictine monastery in New Mexico.
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Note: "TM" stands for Thomas Merton, see Abbreviations page. Dates are in yyyy/mm/dd format.
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top of page| # | Date | From / to.. | First Lines | Memos / Subjects | Details |
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| 1. | 1959/February/13 (#01) | HNS[x] From Merton | Thanks for your note - I hope it hasn't been to rough on you but it is possible that you are just | [addressed to Fr. Sebastian] | details |
| 2. | 1959/February/13? (#02) | TN[x] From Merton | Now dearie I want you to sit down and read this carefully before we all get thrown in jail. | [addressed to Fr. Sebastian - no date - copied on the same sheet as the 1959/02/13 letter] | details |
| 3. | 1959/April/23 (#02) | TANS[x] From Merton | What, do you mean to say you don't like it around here? I have no intention of trying | [addressed to Fr. Sebastian] | details |
| 4. | 1959/April/23? (#01) | HNS[x] From Merton | Rev. Father will not give me permission to talk to you. Briefly here it is. He is definitely | [addressed to Fr. Sebastian - no date - copied on the same sheet as 1959/04/23 letter] | details |
| 5. | 1959/April/23? (#03) | HNS[x] From Merton | Rev. Father will not give me permission to talk to you. Briefly here it is. He is definitely | [addressed to Randy - no date - copied on the same sheet as 1959/04/23 letter - likely after 1959/06/09, when a note written on one of the letters states that de Trinis left Gethsemani] | details |
| 6. | 1967/January/26 | TL[c] From Merton | I probably can't do much to give you satisfactory answers. As you guessed, I am pretty snowed | details | |
| 7. | 1967/August/27 | TLS To Merton | I hope all is well at the farm. We were reading Time the other day and were amazed to find | details | |
| 8. | 1967/August/31 (#01) | TL[c] From Merton | Thanks for your letter, and I'll return the ball for once as I have something that might be | details | |
| 9. | 1967/August/31 (#02) | TLS[x] From Merton | Thanks for your letter, and I'll return the ball for once as I have something that might be | details | |
| 10. | 1967/September/07 | TALS To Merton | Please believe that I will not presume to trouble your silence as frequently as I have recently. | details | |
| 11. | 1967/September/13 (#01) | TL[c] From Merton | Your letter really does not surprise me. Every day someone or other comes up with the same kind | details | |
| 12. | 1967/September/13 (#02) | TLS[x] From Merton | Your letter really does not surprise me. Every day someone or other comes up with the same kind | details | |
| 13. | 1968/March/26 | HCS To Merton | Please excuse all my interruptions but I have finally decided to request entrance into Christ | [verso: color photo of a Florida sunset] | details |
| 14. | 1968/March/28 | HCS To Merton | You must have reached a point in which you would prefer to throw away my letters since they are | [verso: color photo of a palm tree and a dock] | details |
| 15. | 1968/April/09 (#01) | TL[c] From Merton | Sorry to delay answering your letters. First of all, I'll get busy and send a letter | details | |
| 16. | 1968/April/09 (#02) | TLS[x] From Merton | Sorry to delay answering your letters. First of all, I'll get busy and send a letter | details | |
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