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Abbess Marie of the Assumption Marie of the Assumption was of the Portiuncula Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Poor Clares-Colettines, in Mwanza, Tanzania. She writes to the Mother Abbess of the Monastery of Saint Clare in Lowell, Massachusetts (who likely forwarded her letter to Merton).
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Sr. Marie Pius writes from the Monastery of Saint Clare in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the first African-American admitted to the Poor Clares in the United States. She was suffering from a terminal illness at the time of writing to Merton.
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Fr. Richard Marimon writes from New York, but undersigns that he is a Spanish priest from the Diocese of Ponce.
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Merton writes to Lillian Marks in response to her criticism of his article "Blessed are the Meek" from the edition of «Fellowship» (published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation) from May of 1967. Merton took an ironic tone in the article. Marks thought that Merton crossed the line and hampered ecumenical dialogue in employing the term "international Jewry", even if the tone was that of irony. Merton apologizes and pledges to be more careful in the future.
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Sr. Patricia Marks writes to ask Merton's contribution to her congregation's newsletter, «The Light».
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Peter Marron writes on behalf of «Cithara», "essays in the Judeo-Christian tradition".
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Fr. Martin Oliver was a Dominican priest from France writing about Fr. Etienne Vayssière and the worker-priest movement.
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Mother Agnes Mary was from the Monastery of Poor Clares of Newport News, Virginia.
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Sr. Mary Catherine of the Heart of Christ was a nun of the Carmel of the Holy Family in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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Sr. Mary Ruth of the Holy Infant writes from the Maryknoll Cloister in Maryknoll, New York.
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Jacques Masui writes from Switzerland on behalf of the magazine «Hermes».
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James F. Mathias writes as Secretary for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York. He writes on behalf of a request by Clayton Eshleman for a Guggenheim grant award.
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1933-
Olga Elena Mattei is a poet living in Medellin, Colombia. She was born in Puerto Rico and often wrote concerning social justice. Merton was a fan of her work.
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Lilian May from Brazil sends Merton some books by Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
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1928-
Fr. Alfred McBride writes to member of the National Association for Pastoral Renewal (NAPR) advisory board, which included Merton.