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- 1968 (Creation)
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1 folder, 6 items, 8 pages
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Merton and Mother Benedicta Brennan discuss a meeting to discuss a reform of women's religious orders, including the founding of "Prayer Houses" among more active orders, the future of contemplatives, and contemplatives involved in action. Proposals are discussed for a meeting in Monroe, Michigan with the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in California with the Trappist nuns of Redwoods Monastery.
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Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
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Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
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See also "Breitenbeck, Joseph Matthew" and "Dardenne, Myriam" for more information about reform in the lives of women religious.