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- 1989, 1993, 1996-1998, 2000 (Creation)
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File consists of correspondence and administrative and promotional material related to the Thomas Merton Center in Louisville, Kentucky used by Sue Mosteller while planning for the development of the Henri Nouwen Literary Centre and Henri Nouwen Society. Included in the file are requests and objectives submitted to the Board of Directors of L’Arche Daybreak; correspondence, notes and Thomas Merton reference material generated from discussions between Sue Mosteller and Thomasine (Tommie) O'Callaghan about the history and evolution of the Thomas Merton Society; the minutes from an Advisory Group Meeting held July 11-July 13, 1997; promotional material regarding the opening and dedication of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine College on October 10, 1997; correspondence from Anne McCormick at Alfred A. Knopf; a copy of an update from Mosteller to members of the Nouwen Society Board; correspondence with Dr. Theresa Sandok regarding the date of Nouwen met with Thomas Merton (May 7, 1967); and a letter acknowledging Mosteller’s enrollment with the International Thomas Merton Society. Also in the file are copies of the Winter 1996 edition of The Merton Seasonal: A Quarterly Review; the Spring 2000 edition of Contemplation & Action: Newsletter of the Thomas Merton Center Foundation; a list of archival series held by the Merton Corpus & Bellarmine Merton Collection; copies of a Merton Legacy Trust agreement with Doubleday & Co.; memorial cards for Nouwen; photocopied excerpts from Jurjen Beumer’s Henri Nouwen: A Restless Seeking for God and Nouwen’s Thomas Merton: Contemplative Critic; and copies of The Lord is Near: Advent Meditations From the Work of Henri Nouwen and Returning God’s Love Calls us Home: Reflections for the Days of Lent.
Second file folder consists of a fax from Sister Thérèse Meunier to Sue Mosteller regarding L’Arche communities in Central America. Included is correspondence between Meunier and other L’Arche community contacts and a document titled “Possible long range plan for working as a resource in Central America”.
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Added by T Wong, 17 March 2021