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Merton's Correspondence with:

Dom Jerome Burke, O.C.S.O.

Burke, Jerome, Dom, O.C.S.O.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 3 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Dom Jerome Burke was Abbot of Our Lady of the Genesee in New York.

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See one published letter from Merton to Burke in The School of Charity, pp. 385-386.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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1. 1968/06/24 HLS to Merton Recently I polled our community for suggestions as to a Retreat Master for our next retreat invites Merton to lead retreat at Genesee «detailed view»
2. 1968/06/27 (#01) TL[c] from Merton Thanks for your kind invitation to preach the retreat at the Genesee. Since I have always thought Merton refuses offer to preach retreat - has turned down many others - true vocation is meditation and writing / suggests subprior Fr. Matthew [Kelty?] «detailed view»
3. 1968/06/27 (#02) TLS[x] from Merton Thanks for your kind invitation to preach the retreat at the Genesee. Since I have always thought Merton refuses offer to preach retreat - has turned down many others - true vocation is meditation and writing / suggests subprior Fr. Matthew [Kelty?] «detailed view»

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