1967-10-16 (#02), TL[c] Alice from Merton, 'I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-021-#03

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1967-10-16 (#02), TL[c] Alice from Merton, 'I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up'

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  • 1967 October 16 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

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(1915-1968)

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.

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First lines: "I am in the middle of the semi-hopeless task of trying to get through the piled up mail of the last"... Contents index: Suggests apostolate of hosting ecumenical meetings and offering retreats and days of recollection.

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    from Thomas Merton to: Alice, M., Sr., O.S.B.

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