Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Schuurmans, Emmanuel, Dom, O.C.S.O.
Other form(s) of name
- Br. Emmanuel Schuurmans
- Abbot Emmanuel Schuurmans
- Dom Emmanuel Schuurmans
Description area
History
In 1958, Br. Emmanuel Schuurmans became Abbot of Maria Toevlucht (Mary's Refuge) in Zundert in the Netherlands. He brought about many reforms to his community and Merton discusses with him permission to live the eremitical life and other changes to the Trappist Order.