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Sr. Mary Luke Tobin
National Catholic Reporter, Sept 29, 2006 by Garth M. Stanon
* Some years ago at a retreat I had the incredible good fortune to meet Sr. Mary Luke Tobin, a woman who was herself free at every moment. We were talking about Thomas Merton and I mentioned, somewhat timidly, that I had written a little poem incorporating one of Merton's statements from his book The Sign of Jonas. She immediately said, "Let's hear it." Knowing the quotation, she joined me in the last two lines spontaneously. I'll never forget that encounter. Thanks to Patricia Lefevere for her article on this truly exceptional woman (NCR, Sept. 8).
GARTH M. STANON
San Rafael, Calif.
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