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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-010-S1-#005
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1964-09-18, HLS Bamberger from Merton, 'I am not quite sure I understand Dr Simon. He said something about fungus'
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- undated (Creation)
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2 page(s); Typed signed letter.
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(1926-2020)
Biographical history
Dom John Eudes Bamberger stepped down as abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Genesee in 2001. He came to Gethsemani in 1951 after having read «The Seven Storey Mountain» in the navy. He was sent to Washington, D.C., for studies in the psychiatric field and later helped Merton and Fr. Matthew Kelty in screening new applicants to the novitiate. (Source: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, pp. 22-23).
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First lines: "Fr. Prior just gave me your note about B. Martin and the Conferences. I did not see the note he"... Contents index: Br. Martin's reaction to Merton's work and whether a monk should be controversial / Merton's Conferences / unsettling effect Merton has on people, including Bamberger at times.
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- English
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to Merton from John Eudes Bamberger