File consists of reviews of Sterben, Um Zu Leben : Abschied Von Meiner Mutter, which is a German translation by Robert Johna of In Memoriam (1980) and A Letter of Consolation (1982).
File consists of reviews of Beyond the Mirror : Reflections on Death and Life, known in Dutch as Een Glimp Van de Overkant : Bespiegelingen Over Leven en Dood.
File consists of reviews of The Return of the Prodigal Son : A Mediation on Fathers, Brothers, and Sons, known in Dutch as Eindelijk thuis. Gedachten bij Rembrandts 'De Terugkeer van de Verloren Zoon,' in German as Nimm sein Bild in dein Herz. Geistliche Deutung eines Gemaldes van Rembrandt, and in French as Le Retour de L'enfant Prodigue. File also contains the March 1993, no. 20 edition of Radboud-Info, which, in addition to a Dutch review of The Return of the Prodigal Son, also contains an article about Laurent Nouwen.
File consists of reviews of Here and Now: Living in the Spirit, known in German as Was Mir am Herzen Liegt, and in French as Vivre Sa Foi au Quotidien.
File consists of a video recording of Nouwen speaking at L'Arche Stratford on December 6, 1995. Includes two cassettes V43 v1 (his morning talk) and V43 v2 (his afternoon talk).
File consists of a video recording of Nouwen speaking on the subject of the Pentecost movement for Sojourners. It is likely he is addressing a live audience.
File consists of a video recording of an interview with Nouwen on the subject of his accident in the winter of 1989, which he later wrote about in Beyond the Mirror. This program was aired on television.
File consists of a video recording of a performance of the Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe from the Circus Barum. The recording also includes footage of Nouwen on the trapeze. This is an amateur video perhaps sent to Nouwen by the Rodleighs.
File consists of a video recording (V24) of program #3502 of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Nouwen talks on the subject of "Being the Beloved". The recording has been edited to include only the introduction and lecture.
File consists of a video recording of Henri Nouwen speaking on the subject of "Being Big and Small". Nouwen gives a brief autobiography at the beginning of the tape. Alan Steers, David Harmon, and David Grey (members of L'Arche Daybreak) were also in attendance.
File consists of a video recording of an interview with Henri Nouwen by Bob Grip for the television station WAIA in Mobile, Alabama. Nouwen was in Mobile to give a talk at the L'Arche community there.
File consists of a video recording (V36) of an interview with Henri Nouwen by Michael McManus of the TVO program The Senior Report. The interview takes place at L'Arche Daybreak in a classroom for a one day retreat. They discuss what it means to live a spiritual life.
File consists of a commercial video recording (V40) of the "That All May Worship" inclusion Conference held in Chicago on April 22, 1996, with excerpts from Nouwen's keynote address and commentary by Joseph Cardinal Bernadin on the subject of inclusion of persons with disabilities in liturgy and church life through affirmation, communication, and accessibility. Video produced by Pathways Awareness Foundation in partnership with the Archdiocese of Chicago.
File consists of seventeen mimeographed copies of published and unpublished manuscripts written by Merton. Attached to several of the manuscripts are summaries of the work in Dutch. The file also contains a two page document describing Merton’s last recorded reflections and several of Merton's quotes by an unknown author. Mimeographed manuscripts have been arranged chronologically by the archivist and include:
File 14002-1: “Isaac of Stella: An Introduction” - date unknown (38-238) 2 copies “Is the World a Problem?” - April 1966 (38-238) “Christian Humanism” - May 1966 (38-236) “A Christian Looks at Zen” - July 1966 (38-237) “Camus and the Catholic Church” - August 1966 (38-236) “D.T. Suzuki: The Man and His Work” - August 1966 (38-237) 2 copies “Love and Need: Is Love a Package or a Message?” - September 1966 (38-239) “Three Saviors” - September 1966 (38-240) “Faulkner and His Critics” - February 1967 (38-238)
File 14002-2: “The Meaning of Malcolm X” - May 1967 (38-239) “The Shoshoneans” - May 1967 (38-240) “Camus: Journals of the Plague Years” - April 1967 (38-236) “Openness and Cloister” - July 1967 (38-239) 2 copies “The Hot Summer of Sixty-Seven” - August 1967 (38-238) “Is the 'Contemplative Life' Finished?” - October 1967 (38-238) “Conference on Prayer” - 1968 (38-237) 2 copies “Monastic Experience and East-West Dialogue” - 1968 (38-239) 2 copies “Merton View of Monasticism” - 1968 (38-239) (author unknown)
File consists of 34 typed 13 x 20 flash cards summarizing the material Nouwen collected on Merton, flash cards are in English. File also includes two typed summaries, in Dutch, of "Love and Solitude" and "The Monastic Theology of St. Aelred" as well as two black and white prints of Merton from 1941 and 1968.
File consists of a variety of materials related to the circus. Includes book lists in Dutch, sketches, a print price list, a copy of an excerpt from the book ‘A second birthday’ by William Stringfellow referring to the circus and a postcard picturing The Flying Rodleighs in action. The postcard is a promotion of the 1995/96 Wereld Sterren Circus. The file also consists of a long typed letter to The Flying Rodleighs from Nouwen dated May 14, 1991.
File consists of individual circus colour prints cut from a larger piece of paper, possibly wrapping paper, and glued to 8.5 x 11 sheets of white paper. File also includes a section of the larger paper the individual prints were taken from.
File consists of six circus programmes dating from about 1993 to 1996. Three of the programmes are in German, two from ‘Circus Barum’ (ca. 1993 and ca. 1996) and one from ‘Der Grosse Asiatiche Circus’ (ca. 1993), three programmes are in Dutch from ‘Kerstcircus Ahoy 1994/1995’, ‘Wereld Sterren Circus 1995/1996’ and 'Circus Carré 1995'.
File consists of two versions of “A reckless era of aerial performance: The evolution of trapeze” a self-published book by Steve Gossard on the trapeze. The first book was printed in 1991 and bears an inscription to Nouwen from Gossard and the second is printed in 1994. Both books contain the article “Frank and the great leapers” by Gossard, published in Bandwagon, July/August 1990.
File consists of an unbound copy of the typescript of the interview with Jon Griggs, catcher for The Flying Rodleighs, by Nouwen which occurred in November of 1991 in Kassel. Throughout this typescript Jon's name was incorrectly transcribed as John.
File consists of an unbound copy of the typescript of the interview with Karlene Stevens, the sister of Rodleigh Stevens, by Nouwen which occurred in November of 1991 in Kassel. This copy is the same draft as the draft in 14015, but it has different annotations.
File consists of an unbound copy of the typescripts of the interview with Rodleigh Stevens by Nouwen, which occurred in November of 1991 in Kassel and which consists of two audio cassettes' worth of interview. File 14016-1 is the typescript of Tape 1 and file 14016-2 is the typescript of Tape 2. Throughout these typescripts Rodleigh Stevens' last name was incorrectly transcribed as Stephens.
File consists of twelve audio cassettes containing the audio recordings of the interviews with The Flying Rodleigh members and Nouwen from November 1991 and May 1992. SR176 v.1 and SR176 v.2 are of Nouwen recording his thoughts and impressions regarding the Flying Rodleighs and their trapeze act.
SR176 v.1 - Flying Rodleighs Part 1 & 2 SR176 v.2 - Flying Rodleighs Part 3 SR176 v.3 - Jon -- History Jonathan SR176 v.4 - Johan Jonas - Nov. 15/91 SR176 v.5 - Johan Jonas Interview @ Nouwen and talk with Kailene (Karlene Stevens' daughter) SR176 v.6 - Jennifer Stevens; Lombart SR176 v.7 - Karlene Specks [sic] About Costumes SR176 v.8 - Karlene: History SR176 v.9 - Rodleigh: 1st tape both sides SR176 v.10 - Rodleigh - 2nd tape both sides SR176 v.11 - Description of Trapeze act by Rodleigh SR176 v.12 - Steve (2): H. Nouwen
File consists of copies of articles written by Seward Hiltner in 1957. Date unknown as to when Nouwen collected the articles; possibly while he was at the University of Notre Dame.
File consists of copies of articles written by Seward Hiltner in 1960. Date unknown as to when Nouwen collected the articles; possibly while he was at the University of Notre Dame.
File consists of copies of articles written by Seward Hiltner in 1963. Date unknown as to when Nouwen collected the articles; possibly while he was at the University of Notre Dame.
File consists of copies of articles written by Seward Hiltner in 1967. Date unknown as to when Nouwen collected the articles; possibly while he was at the University of Notre Dame.
File consists of copies of articles written by Seward Hiltner between 1968 and 1971. Date unknown as to when Nouwen collected the articles; possibly while he was at the University of Notre Dame. File also contains a bound article with personalized handwritten note to Nouwen from Hiltner.
File consists of copies of two short manuscripts by Seward Hiltner entitled, “Religious Anxiety and Values (Self Understanding By S. Hiltner)” (Abingdon Press, New York 1951), and “Clinical Pastoral Education: An Appraisal 1960”.
File consists of a draft typescript of "The Birth of Christ", a lecture given by Nouwen on the story of the birth of Jesus as told in the Gospel of Luke. Part I of this talk is entitled, "The Reporter of the Birth of Christ", which examines the authorship of the first three Chapters of this Gospel, and explores the idea that the writer was not actually Luke, but John or Mary. Part II of this talk is entitled, "Eschatological Perspective of the Birth of Christ." Nouwen summarizes prophecies, rather than personal experience, so as to link the person with the promise. Part III is entitled, "The Cultus-Perspective of the Birth of Christ", in which Nouwen finally explains that the birth in the gospel story is between the stories of Zachariah in the temple and the story of the Presentation in the temple. He concludes that the birth of Christ may also have been seen as a temple event.
File consists of a draft manuscript and typescript of a eulogy Nouwen gave for his mother, Maria Nouwen, who died on October 9, 1978. The files also include notes for the order of service, text for the hymns, a draft of a memory card in Italian, as well as an eight page typescript of another narrative about Maria Nouwen's life.
File consists of a draft manuscript and two draft typescripts of Nouwen's ordination homily for Jim Antal, given at Battell Chapel, Yale University, on May 4, 1980. File includes other handwritten notes by Nouwen.
File consists of a typescript of "The Spirituality of the Religion Teacher: The Road to Emmaus. Luke 24:13-35", a homily given by Nouwen at the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Religious Education Congress at St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, NY), on April 22, 1981. Nouwen compares the vocation of teaching religion to Jesus who joined the apostles on the road to Emmaus. Nouwen argues that Jesus created space for a real encounter. He invited them to listen (obedience) to the Scriptures about himself. Jesus went beyond dogma to break bread with the apostles and to allow them to recognize who He truly was. He gave them the truth. Nouwen concludes that all teaching leads us deeper into a relationship with God.
File consists of a draft typescript of "The Mystery of the Passion", a talk given by Nouwen in which he discusses the theme of Rublev's icon and the house of love. Some of these ideas were later published in "Behold the Beauty of the Lord" (1987). It likely that this is a transcript of the talk, taken by an audience member and sent to Nouwen.
File consists of a draft typescript of "Introduction to Gustavo Gutiérrez' 1984 Dudleian Lecture, 'Theology & Spirituality in a Latin American Context'".
File consists of a copy of handwritten notes by Nouwen for a talk on "Prayer and Poor". This might have been written for a talk given at a L'Arche conference or an Assistants' meeting at L'Arche Daybreak.
File consists of a draft typescript of "Some Reflections on Priestly Formation", a talk given by Nouwen in which he discusses the three aspects of formation in downward mobility: formation in prayer, formation in community, and formation in ministry. It is not known where Nouwen gave this talk, or if it has been published.
File consists of a soft-bound notebook with draft manuscripts for Nouwen's various speaking engagements, as well as journal entries from his visit to Lourdes, France. The notebook contains: "At the Beginning of the New Decade"; notes for a L'Arche retreat in France; notes for a lecture at Regis College (Toronto, ON), entitled, "Claiming the Light"; and notes for talk at National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) conference.
File consists of handwritten notes by Nouwen for "A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance", a talk he gave at Celebration 25 - Christian Counselling Services, on Tuesday, February 4, 1992.
File consists of a typed transcript of "An Evening with Henri Nouwen: From Resentment to Gratitude", a talk given at Grant McEwan Community College (Edmonton, AB), on March 12, 1994. The talk was sponsored by the Edmonton L'Arche Association.
File consists of notification of meetings, agendas, minutes, reports and other materials prepared for the annual meeting of the New Catholic Times membership and Board of Directors meetings, as well as registers of the directors, members, and officers.