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Saint Francis of Assisi Mural by Ade Bethune at the Catholic Worker, New York, no date

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Image of an Ade Bethune mural of St. Francis of Assisi at a Catholic Worker House of Hospitality in New York.

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Thomas Merton Correspondence with Thomas Cornell

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This group of letters documents an important connection Merton had with someone deeply involved in the peace movement, non-violent resistance to the…

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Thomas Merton and the Catholic Worker

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A selection of unpublished articles written by Thomas Merton for The Catholic Worker between 1954 and 1968. Also included are...

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"Thomas Merton's MY ARGUMENT WITH THE GESTAPO:" ITMS Sixteenth General Meeting at Santa Clara University in California, June 27, 2019, by Ron Hansen.

Ron Hansen is the author of screenplays, two collections of stories, a book of essays, and nine novels, the most recent being The Kid, which is based…

"The Reality of Personal Relationships Saves Everything:" Presidential Address—ITMS Sixteenth General Meeting at Santa Clara University in California, June 27, 2019, by Mark C. Meade.

Mark C. Meade is the Assistant Director of the Thomas Merton Center in Louisville, Kentucky, and 2017-2019 President of the International Thomas…

What Are These Wounds? the life of a Cistercian mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières, by Thomas Merton. Manuscript proof of the book's preface with handwritten corrections.

Typed manuscript proof with handwritten corrections of Merton's book, What Are These Wounds? (likely an editor's corrections and not Merton's…

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