1973-07-22, TLS[x] Ahern to Center from Ahern, Barnabas, 'Thank you so very much for your kind letter of June 8. I myself was back in the USA'

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.