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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#15 · Stuk · 1962 November 12
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "A short one to say hello, and to hope all is well there. Just back last night from N.Y. and a two"... Contents index: workshop with Mother Seton's Sisters of Charity - work with Puerto Ricans and blacks in poorest parishes of New York / John Heidbrink / a layman said that nuns "poor and prayerful and non violent" but priest not ready for leadership / founding Latin American house / asking Merton for introduction to book on liturgy and conscience. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#23 · Stuk · 1963 November 9
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "Hope you havent [sic] given me up for advent or something. After many wanderings and searchings,"... Contents index: [verso: "Kreuzigung Mit Lukas-Symbol" - "Verlag Ars liturgica Maria Laach (Germany)"] chaplain to University students / Goss-Mayrs and John Heidbrink / Tony Walsh. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#26 · Stuk · 1963 December 21
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "I have to get off a short note to say hello, and to assure you that yr. letter was much appreciated"... Contents index: meetings in Prague and Budapest with Protestants interested in the peace movement / Christian Peace Union's international meeting in Prague / Pope John XXIII and "Pacem in Terris" - surprised both Protestants and Marxists / John Heidbrink / the F.O.R. [Fellowship of Reconciliation]. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#31 · Stuk · 1964 March 5
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "I am sending on some junk mail another another [sic] heading. I though[t] it might be of"... Contents index: Latin America - non-violence "too little and too late"? / censorship of his materials / trip to South Africa / [Rolf?] Hochhuth play / Moscow-Prague trip for the summer / Berrigan's piece on Notre Dame / Merton's piece on poets - Henry Miller - "why isn't this guy a Catholic"? / Aleriaand Marocco / John Heidbrink. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#51 · Stuk · 1966 February 6
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "I feel very neglectful, especially after the bum steer I gave you in an address from N.Orleans when"... Contents index: [writing from exile in Argentina] travel to South America via Cuernavaca, Mexico / death of Roger LaPorte "in light of the 'great consensus'" / Latin America a "real laboratory of change" for the future in the U.S. / good exchanges with Ivan Illich in Cuernavaca and Archbishop Helder Camara in Brazil. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#70 · Stuk · 1967 July 15
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "It seems like ages, know I've been remiss. Jim Forest sent on one of yrs. to him and got me to get"... Contents index: [writing from Pueblo, Colorado] work with Mexican-American youth with Upward Bound program / Loretto sisters who knew Merton from Kentucky / "open parish setup" like Oklahoma City project - problem that most are upper-middle class and do not want to mix with poor / Cornell University offer / description of Pueblo area. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#74 · Stuk · 1967 October 6
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "Thanks for all the good material. I had a few of these made up for the brethren when I was saying"... Contents index: [stationary says: "US Forest Service… Leave a Clean Camp and a Dead Fire"] Peace movement is turning more violent - ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. out of fashion / Philip Berrigan and others involved in civil disobedience in Baltimore planning violence against military property / youth influenced by "Che" Guevara. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#80 · Stuk · 1968 January 29
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "A short hectic one as usual; Just in from Chi toward dawn; we had several good things there"... Contents index: draft card turn-in by seminarians in Chicago / apathy by Jesuit theologians in Aurora, Illinois / cursing lawyers in Philip Berrigan case / possibility of Merton's rules loosening regarding travel with a new abbot / seminar on Zen prayer / Ivan Illich conference on Che Guevara / Marxist students and "black power kids". Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#86 · Stuk · 1980 (date approximate)
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "Rejoice with us! On September 8, eight of us entered a General Electric Nuclear Weapons factory in"... Contents index: circular letter sent to friends of Daniel and Philip Berrigan (and six others) announcing their act of disobedience in breaking into the General Electric plant and ruining 3 nuclear re-entry cones with household hammers / including a personal message sent to Pat [?] / permission to use Merton correspondence. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#67 · Stuk · 1967 April (date approximate)
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "Things have been happening quite fast here; they sentenced David Miller to 2 and 1 half years last"... Contents index: sentencing of David Miller [for burning draft card] / using every legal means to protest war / proposal to send Berrigan to North Vietnam to bring medical supplies - conflict with Jesuit religious superiors / asks Merton if he should disobey at the risk of Jesuits expelling him. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#73 · Stuk · 1967 September (date approximate)
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "A short note and a loud cry like the Beatles, HELP. My books such as they are still unpacked"... Contents index: seminar on violence, non-violence, and religious traditions - asking Merton's input on Hindu and Zen ideals / little hope for Hanoi trip / [writing from Cornell University] "Extraordinary student ferment here, practically all leadership Jewish. The Catholics are year round hibernaters [sic] in fraternity woodwork". Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#85 · Stuk · 1979 September 17
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "I would like to reflect with you rather than talk to you about this extraordinary spirit, Thomas"... Contents index: ["Typescript made from tape of a talk on Thomas Merton given by Daniel Berrigan for the formal opening of the Thomas Merton Center for Creative Exchange, September 17, 1979, in Denver, Colorado" - copied from the Nancy Wilson Ross Paper at the Ransom Center]. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058 · Deelarchief · 1961-1982
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
This collection contains original letters from Daniel Berrigan and copies of Merton's letters to Berrigan. They discussed the peace movement and the involvement of clergy of different faiths, the nuclear arms race, Cold War politics, Vietnam, the future of Latin America, racial inequities and Civil Rights, non-violence and the justification of violence against property, the role of religious orders in the peace movement, aggiornamento in religious life, and the question of obedience to religious superiors and the Church hierarchy. Merton and Berrigan both struggled with issues of censorship of their writings on peace and nuclear war. Later, Berrigan had conflicts with both religious and secular authorities because of his acts of civil disobedience. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#09 · Stuk · 1962 May 16
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "A long overdue note to say hello, and to acknlwedge [sic] yours of a month or more ago. I will not"... Contents index: John Heidbrink - retreat for Presbyterian ministers - Rev. Mr. Muste / Dick Walsh / Merton's peace writings in «Commonweal» and «Jubilee» and book, «Nuclear Weapons and Christian Conscience» / closer to Protestants than Catholics on peace and racial equality / Phillip Berrigan also visiting in August. Zonder titel
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#20 · Stuk · 1963 June 21 (date approximate)
Part of Thomas Merton Collection
First lines: "I am here for a day of retreat to the Maddames [sic] of the S.H. It brings back memories since it"... Contents index: [dated "The Feast of the Sacred Heart" (the feast falling on June 21 in 1963)] writing from Albany, New York, where Phillip and Daniel began abortive freedom ride 3 years before / thinks about packing up everything and going to Birmingham against the wishes of his superiors - civil disobedience and Church disobedience? / Tony Walsh / Charles de Foucault / "Pacem in Terris" / the FOR. Zonder titel