1968-06-22: Letter to Ethel Kennedy from Thomas Merton after the assassination of Robert Kennedy

1968-06-22: Letter to Ethel Kennedy from Thomas Merton after the assassination of Robert Kennedy

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968

Kennedy, Ethel, 1928-

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Thomas Merton offers Ethel Kennedy condolences following the assassination of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy. Merton encloses what he describes as a "rather touching letter from a total stranger in Brazil. Merton expresses shock regarding "Bobby's tragic immolation" and the hope for the country and for peace lost in his passing. Merton references their mutual friend, Fr. Dan Walsh.

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton Center Classification, Section A: Correspondence, "Kennedy, Ethel (Skakel)".

Published in: The Hidden Ground of Love.

1968 June 22

© The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved.

See also a letter from Ethel Kennedy Fr. Dan Walsh, November 4, 1969.

English

Thomas Merton Collection, Section A (Correspondence), "Kennedy, Ethel (Skakel)", 1968/06/22.