Merton's Correspondence with:

Rev. Mother Abbess Marie of the Assumption; Sr. Marie of the Assumption; Mother Marie

Marie of the Assumption, Rev. Mother Abbess, P.C.C.

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1968
Volume:	1 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This letter from one abbess to another, regards Merton's article "Openness and the Cloister", and speaks of aggiornamento of the religious life in regard to the observance of silence.

Abbess Marie of the Assumption Marie of the Assumption was of the Portiuncula Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Poor Clares-Colettines, in Mwanza, Tanzania. She writes to the Mother Abbess of the Monastery of Saint Clare in Lowell, Massachusetts (who likely forwarded her letter to Merton).

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1968/02/28	TLS to Abbess, Monastery of Saint Clare, Lowell, Massachusetts	Many thanks for your very kind letter, which reached us long ago. I hope you will forgive us	✉	[3 pages on one sheet, an air mail letter] «detailed view»

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