1967-03-19, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'Here I am by the ocean at Santa Barbara, stuck without writing papers but determined'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#63

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Title

1967-03-19, HLS Berrigan to Merton, 'Here I am by the ocean at Santa Barbara, stuck without writing papers but determined'

Date(s)

  • 1967 March 19 (Creation)

Extent

2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

Name of creator

(1921-2016)

Biographical history

Daniel Berrigan was a Catholic priest, social activist, and poet who entered the Society of Jesus (1939), was ordained (1952), and after studying in France (where he was influenced by the worker-priest movement), he taught at Catholic schools untilRead more

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Scope and content

First lines: "Here I am by the ocean at Santa Barbara, stuck without writing papers but determined to get a line"... Contents index: Ping Ferry / loneliness and love - Merton and "M." / "free church" worship / "free wheeling" Jesuits from L.A. - drinkingRead more

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Languages of the material

  • English

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Senders and recipients—

from Thomas Merton to: Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J.