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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
De Roo, Remi Joseph, Bishop, 1924-2022

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

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Biography

Remi J. De Roo was Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia in Canada. He gave permission for Dom Jacques Winandy, O.S.B. to establish a "community" of hermits, the Hermits of St. John the Baptist, in his diocese in 1964. The hermits lived and prayed independently, but were in proximity to each other and under the guidance of an elder or superior.

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See also the "Winandy, Jacques" file.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/09/18 (#01)TLSto MertonI very much appreciated your kind comments and your consideration in sending me your article   
 1967/09/18 (#02)other ANIMADVERTENDA IN SCRIPTIS [-] facta a Remi J. De Roo, Episcopo Victoriensis (Canada)  [attachment to 1967/09/18 letter] arguments for an official recognition of hermits and the eremitical life by the Church
        

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