Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Calí, Grace" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1959/July/07 

Series:    

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

To/From:  from Merton to "Calí, Grace"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Witness to Freedom

First Lines:  "The two booksof [sic] Dr Tillich arrived yesterday morning with the autobiography of Albert"

Contents:  Merton agrees with Tillich's view of sacred art - need to focus on expressionism rather than realism / Merton responds to Calí's questioning of the monastic life and offers that it cannot be an escape from the "world" but an "acceptance of the highest responsibility and the most delicate and difficult freedom"

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Calí, Grace

Date received:  1995/04/29

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Calí, Grace:"    1959/July/07