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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-013-#09
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1952-08-25, TALS Ahern to Merton, 'I hope sincerely that St. Louis' day has brought many graces. I offered Holy Mass'
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- 1952 August 25 (Creation)
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15 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
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(1915-1995)
Biographical history
Fr. Barnabas Ahern was a Passionist priest involved in a new Catholic Bible translation effort. He offered Merton advice on biblical instruction, instruction of novices, and reviewed Merton's early manuscripts and books. See the following link for more information on Fr. Ahern: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92274263.
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First lines: "I hope sincerely that St. Louis' day has brought many graces. I offered Holy Mass for you this"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file for original letter] censor's criticism on «The Sign of Jonas» from Fr. Barnabas Ahern, C.P., of the Passionist Fathers of Chicago - 2 pages of typed letter and handwritten note verso with seven pages of "doctrinal suggestions" and five pages of "typographical corrections".
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- English
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from O'Callaghan, Tommie / to Charlaine Hays: