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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Aidan, Mary, Mother, S.H.C.J.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Mother Mary Aidan was a superior of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Bryan in The School of Charity, p. 358.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/12/17 HLSto MertonHaving some idea of what your mail may be like I thank you if you are even beginning to read this  N.C.R. article "Crisis in Monasticism Hits American Trappists" / asks how Merton reacts to claim that contemplative orders have failed
 1967/12/23 TL[c]from MertonJust a quick response. Colman McCarthy's article was extremely slanted, I thought, and I gotYes thought his words got slanted / states some problems with Trappist life but thinks some true contemplatives are produced and McCarthy was off base
        

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