1952-09-22, TLS to Merton, 'In the absence of your dear Rev. Father I take the responsibility of addressing this'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-102-#09

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1952-09-22, TLS to Merton, 'In the absence of your dear Rev. Father I take the responsibility of addressing this'

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  • 1952 September 22 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Typed signed letter.

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Bourne, Paul, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Fr. Paul Bourne was the head censor (now called "reader") of the Cistercian Order and needed to approve of Merton's writings before he received the «Imprimi Potest», or permission to publish, from his Order and the Church. He was more considerably more friendly with Merton and more lenient of his works than other censors. Fr. Paul was at Our Lady of the Holy Ghost Abbey (now called the Monastery of the Holy Spirit) in Conyers, Georgia. (Source: «The School of Charity», p. 168.)

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First lines: "In the absence of your dear Rev. Father I take the responsibility of addressing this criticism"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file in correspondence for physical copy] "Bread in the Wilderness" [book - here under original title of "Contemplation in the Liturgy"].

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  • English

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    from Thomas Merton to: Bourne, Paul, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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