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Interview with Kevin Dwyer and Alvarro Carrasco

File consists of an interview with Kevin Dwyer and Alvarro Carrasco interviewed by Joe Vorstermans and Sue Mosteller in Oakland, CA. Dwyer works for an insurance company and Carrasco is an engineer. Dwyer and Carrasco met Nouwen through Michael Harank at Bethany House (Oakland, CA) and developed a lifelong friendship. The interview is in two parts; solely Dwyer and then Dwyer and Carrasco. Dwyer and Carrasco remember Nouwen performing Mass and celebrating the Eucharist, visiting at Holy Redeemer and their retreat weekend together with Harank. Themes present in the interview include grandparents, Jesuits, sexuality, Mother Theresa, birth control, homosexuality and religion, The Croation Volunteers, intimacy, coming out, Nouwen's sexuality and Nouwen's hands. There is a printed email in the file from Kevin Dwyer to Joe Vorstermans regarding Dwyer and Carrasco being interviewed together. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.

Interview with Mary Carney

File consists of an interview with Mary Carney interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at the Henri Nouwen Society offices (Richmond Hill, ON). Carney is a hospice nurse in Hamden, CT. Carney met Nouwen when he was one of her supervisors in a Clinical Pastoral Course at Yale Divinity School. Carney remembers Nouwen performing Mass at the Yale Divinity School chapel, caring for Adam Arnett at L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill, ON), assisting in her grief, offering advice, as an intent listener and the influence he had on her prayer life. Themes present in Carney's interview include nursing, death and Yushi Nomura. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.

Video of photographs of Henri Nouwen

File consists of one DVD featuring a slideshow of photographs taken by Ron van den Bosch. Many of the photographs are from a visit to the Circus Barum. Some photographs feature Henri Nouwen, in three photographs he is on the trapeze. There are some black and white photographs of Nouwen, possibly taken in the 1960s, featuring Nouwen at the beach and in an academic hall in Holland (these are located at time mark 9:47 to 12:55). There are some particularly good photographs of Nouwen deep in conversation with a friend among these photographs. Nouwen is likely in his 30s. A photograph of the Flying Rodleighs during a performance is at 10:28.

Henri Nouwen celebration

File consists of one DVD featuring a video and photographs of the Henri Nouwen celebration held on July 30, 2010, in honour of Nouwen's grave being moved. Included in the photos are: Sue Mosteller, Maureen Wright, Laurent Nouwen, Nathan Ball, Warren Pot, Michael Arnett, Carl MacMillan and others.

Out of my hands: the art of Stephen Jenkinson

File consists of a copy of Vision TV programme "Out of My Hands: the Art of Stephen Jenkinson." The interview was conducted for Vision TV, with Tim Wilson listed as producer, and was filmed in May 1994 and aired November 23, 1994. Interview contains a section with Henri Nouwen discussing the symbolism of hands. Also discusses why Nouwen commissioned Jenkinson to create a sculpture of hands for L'Arche Daybreak.

Video recording of one-on-one with Henri J. Nouwen / Windborne Productions

File consists of a video recording (V32) of an interview with Nouwen by Brian Stiller, host of the TVO television program Cross Currents. The interview was conducted at L'Arche Daybreak and includes excellent footage of core members and others. This videocassette is the US Master produced by Karen Pascal of Windborne Productions. There is no sound track on this item.

Henri Nouwen's passion and spirituality

File consists of a video tape of a panel discussion and video clips on Nouwen to mark the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his death by the Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns. Panelists include: Don McNeill, Sue Mosteller, Andrea Smith Sharpell and Claude Pomerleau. The video discussed the theme of Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given as expressed by Nouwen in Life of the Beloved and in his appearance on the Hour of Power, Chrystal Cathedrals. Each panelist discusses one aspect of the theme.

  • Taken (or chosen) - claiming our own choseness, and thereby seeing the chosenness of others
  • Blessed - the Christian call is to say good things to people about their belovedness, to bless and be blessed.
  • Broken - to befriend our brokenness, to put the brokenness under the blessing; suffering as a pruning
  • Given - to become fruitful as a result of knowing our belovedness.

The panel is joined by telelink to Wendy Greer, John Holsinger, and Walter Sanchez.

Video recording of Henri's 60th birthday party

File consists of an amateur video recording by Lori van Holt of Nouwen celebrating his 60th birthday with the community at L'Arche Daybreak. The party was hosted by Joe Vorstermans and includes tributes by core members as well as Henri being encouraged to dress up as a clown and pretend to be born as a baby clown.

Henri Nouwen news clip

File consists of a copy of a segment from Salt and Light television newscast about Jeff Imbach's new book 99 Sayings by Henri Nouwen. The segment was filmed in the Nouwen Archives. Segment was aired in July 2005.

Care, cure and the elderly

File consists of a recording, comprised of two video cassettes, of a Henri Nouwen lecture entitled "Care, Cure and the Elderly" held at the University of Notre Dame's "Forum on Aging." V2015 08 02 recording includes a question and answer portion of the lecture.

Sue Mosteller in conversation with Laurent Nouwen, Sr

File consists of a video recording of Sr. Sue Mosteller interviewing Laurent Nouwen. The interview took place in Nouwen's home with an interpreter. Nouwen spoke in Dutch and it is not possible to hear the interpreter's voice. The interview is long and covers a range of topics. Also includes footage of Maria Nouwen's gravesite and Nouwen's dog.

Henri Nouwen: award of excellence

File consists of a video recording of Carl MacMillan and others from the L'Arche Daybreak accepting the Ronald McDonald House Award of Excellence for Nouwen, who had died earlier that month.

Henry [sic] Nouwen's passion and spirituality: 5th anniversary celebration

File consists of a video recording of clippings of Henri Nouwen footage used by the Center of Social Concerns for the fifth anniversary celebration of Nouwen's death. Includes clippings from Nouwen's talk on taken, blessed, broken, given at Crystal Cathedral, talk at Harvard about his move to L'Arche, Yale talk regarding the fruitfulness of life and excerpts from an interview with Brian Stiller for TVO about The Prodigal Son. The recording was by Golden Dome Media.

Nouwen conference

File consists of two video recordings of the conference, "Turning the Wheel: Henri Nouwen and Our Search for God" (May 18 - 20, 2006), by Errol Stein. There are also 9 Panasonic digital video cassettes that are 90 minutes each including videos of panelists from the Nouwen Conference including:

  • Michael Hryniuk May 19, 2006;
  • Elizabeth Pozzi-Thanner May 19, 2006;
  • Jeremy Wiebe May 20, 2006;
  • Robert Jonas May 20, 2006;
  • Michael O'Laughlin May 20, 2006;
  • Stephen Morris May 20, 2006;
  • Dr. Christopher Cahill May 19, 2006;
  • Robert Ellsberg May 19, 2006; and
  • Kevin Gillespie May 20, 2006.

File also includes a video recording of Sr. Sue Mosteller, Carl MacMillan, Laurent and Paul Nouwen, at Nouwen's grave site on May 18, 2006.

Spirituality for ministry

File one videocassette created by St. Peter's Seminary in London, ON, featuring a talk by Henri Nouwen from April 4, 1990. The talk was titled "Spirituality for Ministry."

Recording of Henri Nouwen giving a homily at the Learning to Believe Again conference

File consists of one videocassette of Nouwen giving a homily at the conference titled "Learning to Believe Again: Artists Talk About Their Art and Their Faith." He speaks on the topics of discipleship, communion, community and ministry. Nouwen gave the service at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA., which concluded the conference (on November 22, 1992).

Wedding ceremony of Jeff Coppage and Elizabeth Ann Dixon

File consists of a video recording of the wedding ceremony for Jeff Coppage and Elizabeth Ann Dixon (married name Ann Dixon Coppage) officiated by Henri Nouwen. The wedding took place at Reynolda Prebyterian Church in Winston-Salem, NC. Co-officiants with Henri Nouwen are Rev. Richard Little, pastor of Reynolda and Rev. Ed Christman, a Baptist who was long-time Chaplain at Wake Forest University.

Befriending death

File consists of a speech Nouwen made at the Eighth National Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry Conference at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1995. Nouwen speaks about a number of themes, including the concept of "befriending death" and the importance of praying for the dead and the communion of saints. It is available as both a video (SP269 v1) and sound recording (SP269 v2).

Education for ministry

File consists of one 16mm film reel, approximately 60 minutes long, featuring a film made by Barbara Stetson in 1980 entitled "Education for Ministry." This film is a promotional film about Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. The film briefly features Henri Nouwen twice:

  1. From 19:09-19:39: Nouwen is speaking to two students.
  2. From 28:00: Nouwen is leading a religious service on peace in a church.
    This film also features Yushi Nomura in the church segment at 28:00.

Nouwen Video Collection

Series consists of video recordings of Nouwen received after his death. This includes recordings of Nouwen used for television; home videos; and interviews.

Nouwen letter project administrative files

File consists of administrative material for the Nouwen Letter Project. Materials are separated into the following files:

File 1: 2007 Donation Campaign
File consists of initial project reports for the 2007 continuation of the letter project; a deed of gift agreement; an image usage agreement; a website notice; letters of requests; follow-up letters; brochures; flowcharts; progress and summary reports; personnel files; and examples of deeds of gifts, usage agreements, and letters of requests from other institutions.

File 2: Quotes
File consists of quotations and estimates for printing business cards, brochures, cards, envelopes, and letters.

File 3: 2007 Working Lists
File consists of working lists that are separated into high, mid, and low priorities. Some lists are annotated with additional notes by Sue Mosteller and Gabrielle Earnshaw.

File 4: Tokens of appreciation
File consists of planning and samples of hand-printed cards of Nouwen quotes that were used as tokens of appreciation.

File 5: 2010 Letter Project Coordinator personnel files
File consists of personnel files of the 2010 Henri Nouwen Letter Project coordinator. File includes letters of employment, a project grant approval, a summary report for September 2009 to June 2011, budget correspondence, and handwritten notes by Brynn Phillips Lawrence who was the project coordinator from 2009 to 2012.

File 6: Deeds of Gifts
File consists of four copies of the deed of gift agreement sent to donors to the Nouwen Letter Project. One copy has an accession number and date handwritten on it.

File 7: Letterheads
File consists of blank letterheads used for correspondence for the Letter Project and mailing labels. The letterhead margin lists the Nouwen Archive Letter Project Board and a Nouwen quote from The Genesee Diary.

File 8: Checklists
File consists of three copies of the checklist used when receiving and organizing donations to the Nouwen Letter Project.

File 9: Experiencing Henri
File consists of different versions of a questionnaire sent out for “Experiencing Henri” which asked for reflections on connections with Nouwen to provide context for materials donated to the Letter Project.

File 10: Letter Project Back-ups
File consists of 3 optical disks containing backups for the Letter Project files from 2012.

File 11: Audiovisual materials
File consists of administrative audiovisual materials from the Nouwen Project. One DVD is raw audio/video footage for an interview conducted by Brynn Phillips Lawrence with Gabriella Silano. The interview was conducted in order to prepare a 5 minute promotional video, to be posted on the Nouwen Archive Letter Project website. File also includes sound recordings from a memorial service for Michael Frederick Kennedy; an optical disc labelled “Gabriella Footage”; and a MiniDV cassette.

File 12: Correspondence files
File consists of correspondence for the letter project and are separated into folders by addressees and donors. List of all correspondents is kept in the first folder.

Oral History Project

Series consists of materials from the 'Completing the Vision: The Oral History of Henri Nouwen' project that was undertaken by Sister Sue Mosteller, Executrix of the Henri Nouwen Literary Centre in partnership with the Henri Nouwen Society and The Henri Nouwen Archives and Research Collection. The project was funded by grants from the Louisville Institution, the Nouwen Society and gifts in kind. The project intended to capture the personal and intimate nature of Nouwen's life and works by interviewing people from Nouwen's extensive network of intellectuals, clerics, lay ministers and ordinary citizens including those from all socio-economic backgrounds, cultures, faiths and traditions who were influenced by Nouwen or influenced him. The interviews were meant to paint a multi-coloured canvas of Nouwen in his many roles and give us a perspective not available in his own writings. Further, the project was a contribution to the ongoing study of religious experience in the 20th century. The project had three specific goals:

  • Fill in historically significant gaps in the present record of Nouwen's life
  • Gain an understanding of why and how a man of such enormous contradictions touched the lives of so many people and drew criticisms of others
  • To give an opportunity for the wide variety of people who were impacted by Nouwen and who in turn contributed to his theological and pastoral vision to give expression to their experience and understanding

From these goals it is hoped this project would act as a resource for contemporary ministry and be an inspiration for ministers, teachers and lay people alike. Further, the project would compliment the writings of Henri Nouwen and the dozen or so newly published books that have explored his legacy since his death.

The interviews conducted for this project relate to four specific periods in Nouwen's life:

  • Early Seminary/University Years 1951-1964
  • Menniger and Notre Dame Years 1964-1967
  • Yale and Harvard Years 1971-1985
  • Final ten years at L'Arche Daybreak 1986-1987

The interviewees range in age, occupation and geographic location but all had a significant relationship with Nouwen at some point in his life. The methodology of the project involved asking each interviewee to spend 30-40 minutes of their interview naming the influences that formed them, their primary relationships, their mission/profession and how their life crossed with Nouwen's.

Over a 24 month period, 93 interviews were conducted, each averaging two hours in length, providing more than 180 hours of multi-textured content regarding Nouwen's theological vision and its impact. The interviewees also recount events of their personal lives and other significant influences unrelated to their relationship with Nouwen. The interviews took place all over North and South America, Europe and Asia and were documented in audio and/or video format. Some of the interviews have been transcribed and a hard copy and/or electronic copy of the transcription are available. Most the interviews and transcriptions are available in English while some are only available in Dutch.

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