"Ahern, Barnabas Mary, Fr., C.P." correspondence

1 folder, 30 items, 69 pages

This encompasses an earlier era of correspondence than the majority of the collection. The correspondence is almost all from Ahern to Merton, except one letter by Merton from 1953, which was published. It is unfortunate that more of Merton's responses are not extant because he reviewed Ahern's biblical translations while Ahern reviewed Merton's early manuscripts and books. There is also early dialogue about Merton's restlessness at Gethsemani, talk about whether he would leave, and discussion about living the life of a hermit at Gethsemani.

Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.

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See one published letter from Merton to Fr. Ahern in «The School of Charity» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858206›), pp. 50-52; and see one letter in the "Censors Reports" file (1952/August/25).