MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hovda, Robert Walker, Fr., 1920-1992
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1964-1965
Volume: 5 item(s); 6 pg(s)
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Biography
Fr. Robert Hovda writes from the St. Paul's Student Center at North Dakota State University in Fargo. He asks Merton's help in putting together contemporary Prayers of the Faithful for the Liturgical Conference in Washington, D.C. He was best known for his work in liturgical renewal but was also deeply involved in peace, civil rights, and social justice concerns. He has published a number of books on liturgy.
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See one published letter from Merton to Hovda in Witness to Freedom, p. 322; also collections of his manuscripts at the Institute of Religious Studies at North Dakota State University ‹http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/collections/manuscripts/religion/Hovda/› and at the Arca Artium collection at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at St. John's University in Minnesota ‹http://www.hmml.org/speccoll/arca.asp›; and see also the "Rambusch, Robert" and "Kacmarcik, Frank" files.
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