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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Moore, Augustine, Abbot, O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1953

Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This letter came with a collection of correspondence mainly from Merton to Fr. Paul Bourne. It was purchased at auction in December, 2005.

Biography

Fr. Augustine Moore was a Trappist monk from Holy Spirit Abbey in Conyers, Georgia. At the time of this correspondence, he was the American Definitor in Rome. He later succeeded Robert McGann as abbot of Holy Spirit Abbey. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 56.)

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Bryan in The School of Charity, pp. 56-58.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1953/05/10 TLSfrom MertonI am appending to this letter the notes of a tirade I delivered to the scholastics afterYes visitation Dom Louis de Gonzague Le Pennuen, Abbot of Melleray in France, Gethsemani's motherhouse
        

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