File 2118 - Handouts for fall 1977 lecture course

2.7 cm of textual records

File consists of a bound volume of typed and photocopied handouts and articles distributed by Nouwen for his lecture course. This volume contains a table of contents listing 38 items. In addition to a syllabus, a class list, a directory of local monasteries, several bibliographies and a list of final paper topics there are a number of handouts authored by Nouwen. They are:
-"Case Recording in Pastoral Education"

• "Ronald" (a Menninger case study)
  -a copy of "Compassion: Solidarity, Consolation and Comfort".

The remaining articles by Nouwen are marked with "for private use only" on the upper right hand of the page. They are: "The New Mind", "Empowered by the Holy Spirit" , "Not Without Confrontation","Beyond Information","In Community", "Displacement and Community" (co-written with Gregory Youngchild),"Solitude and Community", "In Prayer", and "Active".
Several of these articles would later be published as part of Nouwen's 1979 book "Clowning in Rome" and his book with Don McNeill and Doug Morrison called "Compassion", which was published in 1982.

Other handouts include:
-John Mogabgab's "Self-Sacrifice and Community" and "Some Notes on Institutional and Community in a Theological Perspective"
-Melanie Morrison's "Beyond a Problem Solving Approach to Ministry"
-Parker Palmer's "A Place Called Community" from "The Christian Century"16 March 1977.
-Cabeza de Vaca's "The Power Within Us"
-a reflection by Steven E. Barry
-excerpt from Sir Frederick Treves' "The Elephant Man"
-excerpts from Karl Barth's "Church Dogmatics"
-excerpts from Igumen Chariton of Valamo's "The Art of Prayer"
-a story from "The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha"
-letter from "The Catholic Worker" vol. XLIII, no. 7 (September 1977)
-Kallistos Ware's "Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of Hesychia"
-excerpts from Basil Pennington's "Daily We Touch Him"

A copy of "Case Recording in Pastoral Education" can be found in Published Works series - Articles by Nouwen, box 294, item 1565.
A copy of "Compassion: Solidarity, Consolation and Comfort" can be found in Published Works series - Articles by Nouwen, box 294, item 1580.
Many of these handouts were also used in Nouwen's 1976 courses on Thomas Merton and Ministry in Non-Religious Institutions.

Title based on contents of the file.
It appears an article has been ripped out of the bound volume, between Nouwen's article titled "In Prayer"and a class list of final paper topics.
Melanie Morrison was a teaching assistant in Nouwen's seminar The Ministry of Vincent Van Gogh, which was offered in the fall semester of 1977.

Compassion was a lecture course offered by Nouwen during the fall semester of 1977 on Wednesdays from 1:30 - 5:00 pm. Nouwen divided the course into three themes: the compassionate God, the compassionate life, and the compassionate way. The first portion of the lecture was devoted to lecturing and discussion. The rest of class time was devoted to small group discussions of no more than 8 participants, that were to be visited occasionally by Nouwen or one of his two teaching assistants, John Mogabgab and Gregory Youngchild. Gregory Youngchild was responsible for all 'technical matters' of the course such as handouts, class assignments and absences. Three of the classes were held at the Mercy Center (Madison CT), where a guest-lecturer hosted the class, namely William Stringfellow, Parker Palmer, and the Trappist monk Br. Basil Pennington. Required reading included case studies and Nouwen's own "Reaching Out". All members of the class were required to write reflection papers as well as a final paper. Nouwen's experiences at Pendle Hill (a Quaker center for spiritual growth, study and service), deeply influenced this course.

Revised by L Joson, 13 November 2018