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Merton's Correspondence with:

Fr. Anastasius Fettig

Fettig, Anastasius, Fr., O.C.S.O.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967
Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Anastasius Fettig was Prior at Gethsemani at the time of this correspondence. He was reacting to the negative response among some about Merton's pamphlet he distributed before the 1968 abbatial election, "My Campaign Platform for Non-Abbot and Permanent Keeper of Present Doghouse".

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See one published letter from Merton to the Gethsemani community, entitled "My Campaign Platform for Non-Abbot and Permanent Keeper of Present Doghouse", in The School of Charity, pp. 356-357.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
1. 1967/12/no (#01) HLS to Merton Not a few have been knocking on my door in reference to your latest sally called "My Campaign [see Section E.1 of the classification under "My campaign platform for non-Abbot and permanent keeper of present doghouse" for a carbon and annotated mimeograph of this statement] «detailed view»
2. 1967/12/no (#02) TN[c] from Merton I have read your note with some surprise. It is true that my leaflet was unnecessarily flippant, «detailed view»

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