Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/August/22 

Series:  1  Correspondence from original Merton papers (some later additions): Dom James Fox with Merton, Fr. Charles Dumont, Edward Glenn Hinson, Msgr. Alfred Frederick Horrigan, Fr. Giovanni Montini, James Morrissey, Naomi Burton Stone, etc.

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

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

# of pages:  2

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First Lines:  "Since the letter I wrote yesterday was too late for yesterday's mail I am adding this one which may"

Contents:  [another letter from 1967/08/21 is mentioned as being attached] Holy Father's acknowledgement of Merton / not "our" place to write apologetics, but to bear witness / prayer and contemplation - lesson of religious alienation by Marx - monastery not a place of "dead works" - prayer can be a "liberating force"

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 1:    1967/August/22