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According to a note to handwritten on one of the letters, Randy de Trinis, known at Gethsemani as Sebastian, entered Gethsemani in 1955, made simple profession in 1957, and left the monastery on June 9, 1959. He later writes from St. Joseph's Priory in Somerset, Ohio. In his last cards, he speaks of a desire to enter Christ in the Desert, a Benedictine monastery in New Mexico.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1959/02/13 |
HNS from Merton |
Thanks for your note - I hope it hasn't been to rough on you but it is possible that you are just |
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[addressed to Fr. Sebastian]
«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1959/04/23 |
TANS from Merton |
What, do you mean to say you don't like it around here? I have no intention of trying |
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[addressed to Fr. Sebastian]
«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1964/01/06 |
TNS from Merton |
Your note got through since Dom J. is away imposing his ideas on other monasteries of the Order. |
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[addressed to "Randy"]
«detailed view» |
| 4. |
1967/01/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I probably can't do much to give you satisfactory answers. As you guessed, I am pretty snowed |
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«detailed view» |
| 5. |
1967/08/27 |
TLS to Merton |
I hope all is well at the farm. We were reading Time the other day and were amazed to find |
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«detailed view» |
| 6. |
1967/08/31 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter, and I'll return the ball for once as I have something that might be |
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«detailed view» |
| 7. |
1967/08/31 (#02) |
TLS from Merton |
Thanks for your letter, and I'll return the ball for once as I have something that might be |
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«detailed view» |
| 8. |
1967/09/07 |
TALS to Merton |
Please believe that I will not presume to trouble your silence as frequently as I have recently. |
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«detailed view» |
| 9. |
1967/09/13 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Your letter really does not surprise me. Every day someone or other comes up with the same kind |
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«detailed view» |
| 10. |
1967/09/13 (#02) |
TLS from Merton |
Your letter really does not surprise me. Every day someone or other comes up with the same kind |
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«detailed view» |
| 11. |
1968/03/26 |
HCS to Merton |
Please excuse all my interruptions but I have finally decided to request entrance into Christ |
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[verso: color photo of a Florida sunset]
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| 12. |
1968/03/28 |
HCS to Merton |
You must have reached a point in which you would prefer to throw away my letters since they are |
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[verso: color photo of a palm tree and a dock]
«detailed view» |
| 13. |
1968/04/09 (#01) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Sorry to delay answering your letters. First of all, I'll get busy and send a letter |
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«detailed view» |
| 14. |
1968/04/09 (#02) |
TLS from Merton |
Sorry to delay answering your letters. First of all, I'll get busy and send a letter |
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«detailed view» |
| 15. |
undated/no/no (#03) |
Merton |
Exercises- to help bring the body under control of the spirit |
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[copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - not known if it relates to Randall de Trinis but file among his letters in H.7]
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| 16. |
undated/no/no? (#01) |
HNS from Merton |
Rev. Father will not give me permission to talk to you. Briefly here it is. He is definitely |
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[addressed to "Fr Sebastian"]
«detailed view» |
| 17. |
undated/no/no? (#02) |
TNS from Merton |
Now dearie I want you to sit down and read this carefully before we all get thrown in jail. |
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[addressed to "Fr Sebastian"]
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