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Collection consists of audiovisual materials featuring recordings of events given by and used by members of l'Arche International/Internationale. This material includes 1708 audio cassettes, 37 videocassettes, 8 film reels, and 78 audio reels. Much of the material features recordings created at L'Arche retreats internationally, such as the Covenant Retreat, Renewal Retreat, and Faith and Light Retreat. Prominent speakers include Jean Vanier, Henri Nouwen, Joe Egan, Robert Larouche and Sue Mosteller.

The majority of the audio files feature Jean Vanier, usually speaking at retreats. The film reels are recordings made and collected by L'Arche Daybreak, and feature a CBC film on Daybreak (from 1970), pilgramages and trips made by Faith and Light and Daybreak. There is also a film reel of Jean Vanier.

Collection has been arranged into eight series:

1. Head of House and regional meetings
2. Covenant retreats
3. Faith and Sharing
4. Federation meetings
5. Assistants' retreats and meetings
6. L'Arche Renewals
7. Other events, talks, and speakers
8. Audio reels and film reels

Collection also includes a binder which functioned as a catalogue for many of the cassettes that were housed at l'Arche Daybreak until 2004 and 2006. This binder is located in series 7.

File consists of 2 audio cassettes featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller for the l'Arche Daybreak assistants, a formation event, given on September 24, 1986.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an unknown Accompaniment event, sometime between 1991-1994.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French Translation of v10

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at a North America Head of House meeting held from November 8-14, 1982, in Châteauguay, Quebec.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We want to know that we are the well beloved daughter or son. We want to come home to that truth and stay under the blessing of the Father who loves us. Today there is another side of love. As the beloved we rest in God, b ut we do push on from there. Love is not just receiving, I I am the beloved, it means I have enormous power to love others.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat in October 1987.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today I want to talk about three things I have a passion for. If I want to find one word to talk to you about, that word would our LIFE, with three aspects. One is the covenant, another is passages and the third is disciplines.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a retreat for assistants at Morrow Park in Toronto, ON, from March 1-7, 1987.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This is the last conference. I thought it would be good to look back and to look forward. We are all going back to our situations. But I l would like to change that to say we are going forward. What you are making is a new choice. So I am asking you to look at how you are going to think of it as a going forward with something new

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat in October 1987.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This morning we spent time looking at the ways we find ourselves far from home. I have a sense that everyone here has had a deep experience of homelessness and we know the very big suffering of countless refugees in our world today.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

File consists of 39 audio cassettes featuring talks given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 25 - August 18, 1992, in England.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at an Accompaniment Retreat, held from April 8-11, 1988.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat at St. Gabriel's Retreat Centre in Ditchingham, Norfolk, UK, from November 18-24, 1996.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at the Regional Meeting in Waterloo, ON, in May 1983.

File consists of 1 audiocassette featuring a talk by Sue Mosteller at the Head of the House meeting. Talk is undated. It is titled, "Holding the vision of l'Arche."

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat in October 1987.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat at St. Gabriel's Retreat Centre in Ditchingham, Norfolk, UK, from November 18-24, 1996.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at an Accompaniment Retreat, held from April 8-11, 1988.

File consists of 57 audio cassettes featuring talks given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 22 - August 23, 1988.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at the Regional Meeting in Waterloo, ON, in May 1983.

File consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk by Sue Mosteller at a Regional board Day on June 16, 1983.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at a North America Head of House meeting held from November 8-14, 1982, in Châteauguay, Quebec.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a retreat for assistants at Morrow Park in Toronto, ON, from March 1-7, 1987.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Conf #8: I am one of those people who Sue talked about this morning when called to look at the brokenness in my relationships, I don't like that---again! I also know that once I get past that initial feeling I am glad to spend time reflecting on that reality. Conf #9: The theme today is the Truth and the Life. The text is John 15 about the vine and the branches. The question is "Who are you, Jesus?" I would like to meet him, so stay in the retreat today. Let us enter this text and see what it means for us.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Assistants' Retreat in Guelph, ON, in 1994. This particular retreat was for assistants that had been a part of the l'Arche community for 2-5 years.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The conclusion of Sue's talk on Mission.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today we will enter into the story of the prodigal son. I live at Daybreak with Henri Nouwen who has written a book on the prodigal son and we have talked about it a lot. So many of my ideas are not my own. Today is the day of reconciliation and once we go there we will run into our great resistance to change. Reconciliation is a change of heart.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat in October 1987.

File consists of 5 audio cassettes featuring talks given by Jean Vanier at the Eastern Regional Gathering in Boston, MA, in April, 1984.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat in June 1989.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: A session on the history of the covenant in L�Arche by various speakers. How it was given to us and how it has evolved and grown. And what are some of the questions in front of us today?

File consists of 2 audio cassettes featuring talks given by Joe Egan, Ken Gavin, and Sr. Sue Mosteller to assistants at l'Arche Daybreak over Labour Day Weekend in September 1983.

File consists of 33 audio cassettes featuring talks given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Scotland in 1986.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at the Regional Meeting in Waterloo, ON, in May 1983.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat in October 1987.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We will continue to look at Jesus as the teacher. It�s amazing to try to penetrate the word that Jesus teaches us in the gospels. It�s true that there is a word given but that word id much more than just a word. Maybe that�s why Jesus is the Word of life. The Word is Jesus., which we will look at this afternoon.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a retreat for assistants at Morrow Park in Toronto, ON, from March 1-7, 1987.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Conf #6: The call is personal to each one of us . We must be quiet to hear it. It is usually simple and gentle, but it can cause fear in us. What is the cost being asked of me? Conf #7: The theme is sin, brokenness and reconciliation. When I thin of my sinfulness, the first feeling that comes to me is fear. Yet Jesus often says "Don't be afraid." But we often flee from any pain.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Assistants' Retreat in Guelph, ON, in 1994. This particular retreat was for assistants that had been a part of the l'Arche community for 2-5 years.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The topic today is the Mission of L'Arche. I will begin with the story of Noah in Genesis, which can give us many insights into our call.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at an Accompaniment Retreat, held from April 8-11, 1988.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat at St. Gabriel's Retreat Centre in Ditchingham, Norfolk, UK, from November 18-24, 1996.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 22 - August 23, 1988.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to talk about some myths and some truths today. Then try to put meaning on something we are talking about a lot which is life choice or vocation. And then the big questions about how to we live all of this??

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 22 - August 23, 1988.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Renewal helps us to try to get a perspective from where we stand about the world. That's why it is wonderful to have speakers from different countries which gives us something wider than just our culture. We are also called to look into our own interior. But often we don't want to look there at who am I and what's happening in my life and try to situate myself in front of my choices and how am I going to walk in my life. Where is my heart? Where do I give my energy? So important to reflect while here on renewal before we go back to our daily life where we don't have much opportunity for reflection. Reflection is critical because our lives, each of us, are so important!

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at the Eastern Regional Gathering in Boston, MA, in April, 1984.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat at St. Gabriel's Retreat Centre in Ditchingham, Norfolk, UK, from November 18-24, 1996.

File consists of 58 audio cassettes featuring talks given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Spokane, WA, in 1983.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Assistants' Retreat in Guelph, ON, in 1994. This particular retreat was for assistants that had been a part of the l'Arche community for 2-5 years.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today is an important day for us. It's an opportunity to not just hear the words we are the beloved, but to choose where we can live that out and to see how we are claiming our identity day by day.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at an Accompaniment Retreat, held from April 8-11, 1988.

File consists of 7 audio cassettes featuring recordings of talks given by Jean Vanier and Sue Mosteller at the Regional Meeting in Waterloo, ON, in May 1983.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today I thought we could look at Jesus as the teacher. Perhaps we could say �yes� to being a disciple today. We are listening because we are committed to follow this way. You are the teacher who shows us the way.