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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Batten, R. J., Fr., O.P., 1921-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. R. J. Batten was a Dominican priest writing from Wahroonga, New South Wales.

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Related Information and Links

See letters to "Lemercier, Gregorio, Dom, O.S.B." file for an earlier appraisal of Lemercier's community; and see also one published letter from Merton to Batten in The School of Charity, p. 351.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/10/29 TLSto MertonI know that you must be inundated with letters seeking your advice on all sorts of matters, but I'm  working on new edition of Thomas Aquinas' <i>Summa Theologica</i> / Dom Lemercier and Mexican experiment with psychiatry and monasticism / article in <u>Blackfriars</u> by Rosemary Haughton / Sigmund Freud / P. Albert Plé's book, <i>Chastity &amp; Affectivity</i>
 1967/11/06 TL[c]from MertonI have not yet seen Rosemary Haughton's article that you refer to but perhaps the point about myYes qualifies Batten's statement that Merton approves of Dom Lemercier / praised them as "small progressive Benedictine foundation before the matter of the group analysis" / group may have gone overboard but excommunication extreme / group analysis with qualified psychiatrist can be valid in Post-Conciliar years
        

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