File 24 - Audiovisual recordings of 2006 Henri Nouwen conference

9 audio compact discs
1 optical disc (DVD)

File consists of audio recordings of the keynote address, plenary sessions (I-IV) and the biographers' panel of the 2006 conference on Henri Nouwen entitled "Turning the Wheel: Henri Nouwen and Our Search for God". Also contains 1 video recording of the biographers' panel. The talks are the following:

• Laurent Nouwen, keynote speaker to the conference, on May 19, 2006. The title of the talk was "The Legacy of Henri".
• Plenary session 1. Mary Jo Leddy was the speaker on May 18, 2006. The title of her talk was "We are Weak and Strong as God is Merciful and Just: Henri Nouwen and the Search for God in Western Culture."
• Plenary session II. The speaker was Michael Higgins on May 19, 2006. His talk was entitled: "Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, and Donald Nicholl: Pilgrims of Peace and Wisdom".
• Plenary session III. The speaker was Carol Berry on May 20, 2006. Her talk was entitled: "Compassion in the Lives of Vincent van Gogh and Henri Nouwen".
• Plenary session IV. The speakers were Sue Mosteller, Gord Henry and John S. Mogabgab on May 20, 2006. Mosteller and Henry's talk was entitled: "A Call and a Blessing"; Mogabgab's was entitled: "When you See, You See Direct!: Turning the Wheel to Sharpen Your Sight!"
• The biographers panel consisting of Michael O'Laughlin, Deirdre LaNoue, Jurjen Beumer, and Robert Jonas and took place on May 19, 2006.

No reproduction of this material without permission of the Archivist.

These cassettes were produced for the conference by Media Commons, U of T
Published versions of teh talks are available in Turning the Wheel: Henri Nouwen and Our Search for God by Gabrielle Earnshaw and Jonathan Bengtson (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007):

• Keynote talk: p.184-192
• Plenary session 1: p.1-8
• Plenary session 2: p.57-67
• Plenary session 3: p.111-121
• Plenary session 4: p. 219-229

Added by T Wong, 7 May 2021