Correspondence related to the publication of A new charter for monasticism [manuscript], 1967-1972.

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Correspondence related to the publication of A new charter for monasticism [manuscript], 1967-1972.

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Most items concern the meeting of the monastic superiors of the Far East, Bangkok, Dec. 9-15, 1968, and the book Moffitt wrote about the conference; also included are book reviews. Correspondents include B.M. de Floris, John Howard Griffin, Dom Jean LeClerog, George Nauman Shuster; and S. Pia Valeri.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968

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Thomas Merton was born on January 31, 1915 in Prades, France to Owen Merton (an artist from New Zealand) and Ruth Jenkins Merton (an artist from the United States), and grew up in New York, Bermuda, France, and England. Merton studied both in Europe and America, and he received a BA and an MA in journalism from Columbia University in 1938 and 1939. In 1938, Merton converted to Catholicism. He taught for two years at St. Bonaventure College in New York before entering the Abbey of Gethsemani i...

Leclercq, Jean, 1911-1993

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Moffitt, John, 1929-2008

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Author, editor, and poet, b. 1908 in Harrisburg, Pa.; member of contemporary Indian monastic order for 25 years, later converted to Catholicism; poetry and copy editor for America Magazine; author of numerous books and articles on religion and monasticism; d. 1987. From the description of Papers of John Moffitt, 1916-1974. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55771568 From the description of Papers of John Moffitt, 1978-1980, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat ...