1958-03-14, TLS to Merton, 'The Abbot General has asked me to inform you and Father Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey'

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1958-03-14, TLS to Merton, 'The Abbot General has asked me to inform you and Father Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey'

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  • 1958 March 14 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Typed signed letter.

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Reverend Mother Angela was abbess of the Trappist nuns at Mount St. Mary's Abbey in Wrentham, Massachusetts

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First lines: "The Abbot General has asked me to inform you and Father Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey that he appoints"... Contents index: claims Merton and Fr. Paul of Holy Ghost Abbey are to be censors for all Trappist and Trappistine literature in the U.S. (proves to be a misunderstanding, see "Fox, James" file) / submitting a sister's poems to be used in Christmas Carols for censorship.

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    The donor or source was: Gethsemani Abbey Archives.

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