Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1955/May/18 (#01)

Series:  5  Correspondence from Gethsemani Archives: Dom James Fox with Abbot General Gabriel Sortais.

Type:  TL[x] - Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  to Sortais, Gabriel from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "In our conversations, Father Louis and I, a few questions came up to which I do not know the answers"

Contents:  questions posed to Sortais: if confessor has told Merton that he should be Carthusian and Abbot disagrees, whose authority should be followed? / would Merton's changing orders cause scandal? - Merton thinks the Holy See should be asked / correspondence with Fr. Ford, S.J., to undermine Fox

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2004/02/13

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 5:    1955/May/18 (#01)