Compassionate Fire: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Catherine de Hueck Doherty.

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Compassionate Fire: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Catherine de Hueck Doherty.

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  • 2009 (Creation)

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(1915-1968)

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author ofRead more

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(1896-1985)

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Catherine de Hueck Doherty, also referred to as "The Baroness" because of her marriage to Russian noble Baron Boris de Hueck, fled after the Soviet revolution into Canada. Having lost everything, she went from financial struggle and a failed marriage toRead more

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