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Fr. Bruno Scott James (later Monsignor) was a Catholic priest from England who asked Merton's help in putting together a book of translations of The Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Inspired by a book by Morris West about Don Mario Borelli in the slums of Naples, James moves to Naples in the early sixties to found John Henry Newman College, which served as a residence for students at the University of Naples. After writing other books on Bernard of Clairvaux and on prayer, James wrote an autobiography entitled Asking for Trouble in 1962.
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See also one published letter from Merton to James in The School of Charity, pp. 137-138; and see also the Bruno Scott James Papers at Georgetown University ‹http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/cl135.htm›.
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1949/08/23 |
TALS to Merton |
I hate to break your solitude and peace with a letter, especially as I am sure you are getting |
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1949/09/29 |
TALS to Merton |
Under normal circumstances I should feel very diffident at writing so often to one buried with |
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1953/09/14 |
HPCS to Merton |
Greetings. I have just met Dom James Fox, and took the opportunity of telling him what enormous |
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[verso: black and white photograph of the interior of the church at the Abbey of Fontenay in France]
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1960/09/18 |
TALS to Merton |
Your kind message has arrived by that good man Eugene Exman of Harpers Brothers and it fell upon |
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1960/10/01 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
It was awfully good to get your letter, and Eugene Exman sent me your news to him about the trip |
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1960/10/05 |
TALS to Merton |
Perhaps because we are so close (I do not know) but I did feel from your letter that you were |
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1962/12/08 |
TLS to Merton |
You will see from our address that we have done it! We have rented from the Jesuits a wonderful |
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1962/12/14 |
TLS to Merton |
You cannot imagine the joy your book has given me. It has come from you and ofr [sic] that reason |
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1963/01/16 |
TALS to Merton |
I am venturing to disturb your solitude with a letter to which I would like an answer, on which |
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1963/01/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thank you for, I think, three letters that are waiting for answers. I can at least try to get a few |
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1965/03/10 |
TALS to Merton |
It is a long time since I last wrote to you. Now I am writing with some news that you may find |
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1965/03/21 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you after a long time. I am afraid that I am |
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1965/03/27 |
HLS to Merton |
If you succeed in restoring the eremitic life you will have achieved enough for a life-time. |
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1966/11/01 |
TALS to Merton |
I have just been reading an article written on you in the Italian monthly "Humanitas". The article |
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1966/11/08 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter which, as always, is interesting and challenging at the same time. |
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undated/no/no |
HLS[x] |
This is quite fascinating but for heaven's sake do not let it be published …. It is the unconscious |
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[original of the incomplete letter from Bruno S. James in the Peter Geist correspondence file - it addresses Merton in the third person and discusses an unnamed Merton book - it is possible it discusses The Sign of Jonas and was mixed into the pages Merton sends Geist in this file - James was positive of the book in his book review but expresses reservations in this letter / Geist file also has pages from Thoughts in Solitude]
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