1967-01-25, TALS to Merton, 'A very happy birthday to you - don't forget it is also my feast, and pray for me'

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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-139-#24

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1967-01-25, TALS to Merton, 'A very happy birthday to you - don't forget it is also my feast, and pray for me'

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  • 1967 January 25 (Creation)

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2 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

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Bruyn, Marcella van, Dame, O.S.B.

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Dame Marcella van Bruyn was a Benedictine nun of Stanbrook Abbey in England. Entering the community in her forties, she spent twenty-three years in community before leaving to pursue a life of solitude. (Source: «The School of Charity», p. 160.)

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First lines: "A very happy birthday to you - don't forget it is also my feast, and pray for me too. First of all,"...

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  • English

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