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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Flahiff, George Bernard, Archbishop, C.S.B., 1905-1989

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1966

Volume: 10 item(s); 19 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Archbishop George Bernard Flahiff, elevated to Cardinal in 1969, was bishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. At the Second Vatican Council, he was involved in what was known as Schema 13, which became Gaudium et Spes, the Pontifical Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. Merton was particularly interested in the sections on peace, war, and how it would address nuclear weapons.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Flahiff in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 245-254.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/07/17 TL[c]from MertonI am not sure the U.S. Bishops will appreciate the enclosed, which I have sent to the Commonweal.Yes  
 1965/07/29 TLSto MertonMany thanks for your letter of the 17th which awaited me when I returned form [sic] an extended   
 1965/08/13 (#01)TL[c]from MertonI was delighted to get your kind letter, and especially happy to have a chance to look at theYes  
 1965/08/13 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI was delighted to get your kind letter, and especially happy to have a chance to look at theYes  
 1965/12/30 TAL[c]from MertonIt was a delight to get your long letter from Rome and to breathe a little of the atmosphere of theYes  
 1966/02/28 TLSto MertonI seem always to be in the position of apologizing to you for a delay of writing. I had intended   
 1966/05/15 TL[c]from MertonRecently one of the Contemplative superiors of women who is associated with Mother Angelica P.C.Yes  
 1966/06/01 TLSto MertonI was delighted to receive your letter of May 15th. Unfortunately, it arrived just as I was making   
 1966/06/07 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your kind and encouraging letter. I certainly appreciate it, and I am glad youYes  
 undated/no/no other    biographical information / and Wm. Shannon's biographical notes plus footnotes
        

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