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Joel Roosevelt writes from Los Angeles, California, in response to Merton's article "Apologies to an Unbeliever", published in «Harper's» magazine.

Sr. Rosaire of Christ was a Carmelite nun from Waterbeach, Cambridge.

Sr. Rose Alma was Sister of Loretto from Nerinx, Kentucky.

Sr. Rose Thérèse was a Cloistered Maryknoll Sister from Maryknoll, New York.

Philip B. Rose was a mathematics instructor at Colorado Women's College (briefly going by the name Temple Buell College during this period). He is now Professor of Computer Science at Carroll College in Helena, Montana.

At the time of writing the letter, Eugene Rose had recently converted to Russian Orthodoxy. He would later become an Orthodox priest and monk, living in his native California.

Fr. Raymond Roseliep was a Catholic priest and poet. He was born in Iowa and spent almost all of his life in Dubuque with the exception of his seminary studies at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. When he first wrote to Merton, he was an English professor at Loras College in Dubuque. After suffering some health problems, he became a chaplain from 1966 through the rest of his career at Mount Saint Francis in Dubuque. In the 1960's, he began to experiment with concrete poetry and Merton publishes Roseliep in «Monks Pond», volumes 2 and 4. In the 1970's, he became best known for his use of the haiku, sometimes taking the pseudonym Sobi-shi. (Source: "Roseliep, Raymond." Biography from American National Biography. 2004. Wilson Biographies Plus. Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 27 Feb. 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)

Sr. Rose-Marie was a Dominican nun and Prioress of the monastery of Notre-Dame du Rosaire in Berthierville, Quebec, Canada. She was president of the Organisme des Moniales (the Monastic Organization).

Dorothy Rosenberger writes on behalf of the Grail community (Grailville) outside of Loveland, Ohio. The Grail is an international women's movement, founded in the 1920's in the Netherlands. The Grailville community in Ohio was the first in the United States, founded in 1944, and is now the national headquarters with other communities in New York and California.

Jean Rosenthal writes on behalf of Curtis Brown publishers from New York.

Richard Rosenthal writes on behalf of «Writer's Digest» of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sr. M. Rosita was a Marianite of the Holy Cross from Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, Louisiana. She asks Merton's help in how to respond to the questions of her 20 year old cousin who has some theological questions that she cannot answer.

Eric B. Ross writes on behalf of the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He sent Merton the society's publication, «ERA».

Nancy Wilson Ross was a novelist and essayist writing for both adults and juveniles, and writing about relationships and spiritual journeys. She had a long interest in eastern religions and wrote some popular introductions to Buddhism and Zen. She was born in Olympia, Washington, but spent the later part of her life in New York. (Source: "Ross, Nancy Wilson." Biography from World Authors 1900-1950. 1996. Wilson Biographies Plus. Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 28 Feb. 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)

Theodore Roszak writes from London, England, as the editor of «Peace News».

Gerald P. Roucoulet was a college seminarian in his early twenties studying for the diocesan priesthood at Christ the King Seminary in St. Bonaventure, New York. He was considering the monastic life and asks for Merton's advice.

Dom Oliver Rousseau was a Benedictine monk of the monastery of Chevetogne in Belgium. He and others from Chevetogne were deeply involved in the early stages of the liturgical reform movement. Though their quarterly review «Irénikon», Chevetogne also addressed ecumenical dialogue. Rousseau was interested in Merton's article, "The Pasternak Affair", but thought that another article by Merton might more closely fit the genre of Irénikon.

Fr. Richard W. Rousseau was a Jesuit priest and associate professor of theology at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

Dimitri Roussopoulos was editor-in-chief of «Our Generation against Nuclear War», described on the letterhead as: "A new quarterly journal devoted to the research, theory and review of the problems of world peace and directed toward presenting alternative solutions to human conflict, eliminating war as a way of life." Roussopoulos writes from Montreal, Canada.

Emile Rovilly was municipal archivist for Nantes, France.

Paul Rowland was a retired English professor living in Maryville, Tennessee. He was interested in some of Merton's essays on Boris Pasternak.

Gail Rubin was assistant to Robert MacGregor, publisher at New Directions.

Abbot Leo Rudloff was a Benedictine monk and superior of Weston Priory in Vermont. He invites Merton to come to Weston to speak to the community.

Fr. Marco V. Rueda was a Jesuit priest in Quito, Ecuador. He was Master of Novices and writes on letterhead of the Instituto Superior de Humanidades Clasicas. He knew Br. Fernando Cardenal, the brother of Merton's novice, Ernesto Cardenal.

Rosemary Radford Ruether was a theologian and feminist writer who was born in Minnesota. She received her doctorate in religion in 1965 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She remained there on faculty until 1976. Later, she was on faculty of Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. (Source: «The Hidden Ground of Love», p. 497-498.)

Charles J. Ruff was a realtor from Cincinnati, Ohio. He offers Merton a field dog, an English Springer Spaniel, for his hermitage.

John Rusnak writes from Chicago, Illinois.

Ota Lee Russell was from the Section on Stewardship and Benevolence from the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. She writes from New York.

Sr. Ruth Adelaide was a Sister of Charity writing from the College of Mount St. Joseph On The Ohio.

Elsie M. Ryan was from Blenheim, New Zealand.

Br. James Ryan was a choir monk in simple vows at Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey in Piffard, New York, at the time of writing to Merton.

Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan began his tenure in the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, in 1966. He writes to Merton from Alaska. He later served as archbishop of the United States Military.

Servando Sacaluga was a professor writing from New York who introduced Merton to the poems of Mercedes Cortázar.

Eric Sackheim writes on behalf of the Japanese publisher Mushinsha Limited. Sackheim had completed graduate studies in Japanese at Harvard University and went to Japan on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1960. He published anthologies of Chinese and Japanese poetry, including the poems of Kusano Shimpei. He was also interested in American folk and roots music, publishing a seminal book on blues music.

Mouni Sadhu, born in Poland as Mieczyslaw Demetriusz Sudowski. Although he published a number of books, the details of his life are sketchy. He was known variously as an occultist and a practicing Catholic to his death and a bridge-builder between Christian and Hindu traditions. As a young man, he fought for Germany during World War I. He married in 1936, but his wife was said to have died in a German bombing of Poland in 1939. He fought against the Germans in World War II, was captured and imprisoned until liberated by the Allies in 1945. He then went first to France and after another year to Brazil. There, he wrote his first book (in Portuguese), «Quem Sou Eu?». Thence, he spent a year studying under Sri Ramana Maharshi before permanently residing in Australia. He writes to Merton from Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, asking Merton to write a Foreword for a planned book, «Contemplation: an Outline for Practical Study» (published under the title «Meditation: an Outline for Practical Study«). (Source: Pugsley, Tim. "Mouni Sadhu - Information." Website. Accessed 2006/03/15. ‹http://www.mounisadhu.com›.)

Fr. Carleton Michael Sage writes at first from the Theological College of the Catholic University of America and later from St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.

Serge St. Jean writes from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to an unknown religious sister (Merton is mentioned in the letter).

Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar was a Vincentian priest who became Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia.

Edward R. Sammis writes on behalf of Harper and Row, Publishers, New York.

Mery-Lú Sananes was a student in the Facultad de Humanidades y Educación at the Universidad Central in Caracas, Venezuela, as were the others that signed his initial letter to Merton: Jaime López-Sanz, Irene Flores, and Ramón Montiel. They write to inform Merton that LAM, a student literary group, translated his poem "Original Child Bomb" into Spanish (as "Niña Bomba Original"). Sananes and López-Sanz did the translation.

Ira Sandperl was a friend and mentor of Joan Baez and came with her to visit Merton in December of 1966. Sandperl was an authority on Gandhi and co-founded a peace institute with Joan Baez.

Miguel de Sanmiguel was chief editor of Ediciones Guadarrama publishers in Madrid, Spain.

Ruth Fuller Sasaki was a Zen practitioner and author on Zen from Kyoto, Japan. She began Zen practice in 1941 at the Nanzen-ji Monastery in Kyoto under Nanshinken Roshi and later Goto Zuigan Roshi (with some interim interruptions causing her to move to New York to study under Sokei-an Roshi). She writes to express interest in Merton's «Mystics and Zen Masters» and to introduce Merton to her books «The Zen Koan» and «Zen Dust». She questions Merton on some statements he makes about "do-it-yourself" Zen and the question of practicing Zen without the guidance of a Zen master.

George L. Saunders, Jr. was co-director of the Law Enforcement Task Force of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence in Washington, D.C.

Sr. Anne Saword was a Trappistine nun from Chimay, Belgium.