1965-11-29, HLS to Merton, 'Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-071-#12

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1965-11-29, HLS to Merton, 'Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense'

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  • 1965 November 29 (Creation)

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

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Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O.
(1912-2006)

Biographical history

Dom Colomban Bissey served as Abbot of Melleray in France, the mother house of the Abbey of Gethsemani, from 1958-1986. He conducted visitations to Gethsemani as he was Gethsemani's Father Immediate.

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First lines: "Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense joie,"...

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  • French

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    from Thomas Merton to: Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O.

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