Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1964 September 14 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
3 page(s); Typed signed letter.
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Br. Charles Brandt was writing from the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of New Melleray in Dubuque, Iowa. After leaving the Trappists he became a priest and hermit on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
First lines: "Perhaps you will remember me. Back in Easter, '56, when Fr. Hilary was guestmaster, I spent about 8"... Contents index: advise on contemplative vocation / background of meeting Merton before entering, and when thinking about, Trappist vocation / life first with the Anglican Benedictines / desire to join Camaldolese - need for greater solitude in nature (Thoreau a childhood hero) / time with Fr. Minard in South Carolina / Dom Winandy / authenticity of Merton's vocation to the solitary life and recommendations to others - stay with Trappists or look elsewhere? / Merton's article on the eremitical life.
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Conditions of access and use elements
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Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Languages of the material
- Engels