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1965-08-11: Letter from Dorothy Day to Thomas Merton A handwritten letter, signed by Dorothy Day and address to Merton. She discusses the success of the PAX organization weekend [PAX was founded as a U.S. branch of Pax Christi International, a Catholic peace organization, and the national branch is known today as Pax Christi, U.S.A.]. Jim Douglass and Day to go to Rome to confront bishops directly on peacemaking work. She also mentions the good work of Jim Douglass, Jim Forest, Tom Cornell, Howard Everngam, and Eileen Egan in promoting non-violence and building movements. -
Craig A. Ford, Jr. - Thomas Merton’s Letters to a White Liberal, In A Black Queer Key, presented for the 17th Annual Thomas Merton Black History Month Lecture, taped live February 21, 2023 at Bellarmine University. -
1968-07-10: Letter from Pope Paul VI to Thomas Merton Pope Paul VI sends Thomas Merton a formal letter of gratitude acknowledging Merton's letter of congratulations and the masses offered for the Pope's intentions. -
1959-11-07: Letter from Merton to "Van Doren, Charles Lincoln." -
Certificate of the baptism of Thomas Merton (baptism: November 16, 1938; and certificate issued October 13, 1939) at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, New York The certificate states that Thomas Merton was baptized by Fr. Joseph Moone at Corpus Christi parish. His baptismal sponsor was Edward Rice. Fr. Kenealy of Corpus Christi issued the certificate. -
Merton Recordings #129 Tr-2 (excerpt from the last 5 minutes: a story from the Christian desert fathers and two Zen stories) - from the Vow of conversion of manners.