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2. "Le cri primal"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) in March 1986.

Jean Vanier, #10

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: I mentioned a number of times how when we feel rejected, we fall into loneliness and anguish. And how quickly anguish and loneliness are transformed into guilt. Guilt is the greatest of all pains, to feel ashamed. The big question is the liberation of guilt.

Jean Vanier, #2

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: In the poem of St John of the Cross, The Flame of Love, he writes �tear the veil which prevents our sweet encounter.� I want to share about this veil or wall or barrier that prevents us meeting people, that prevents the encounter with God and which somewhere prevents meeting ourselves.

Jean Vanier, #4

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Yesterday I was sharing about that text of St. John of the Cross. There is a veil between us and Jesus, which means we have difficulty knowing Jesus. We can then quickly invent our own Jesus. We then can not see the scandalous, vulnerable Jesus. Our God is so surprising, inviting us, but does not impose. Today I want to share more about the veil which hides ourselves from ourselves.

Jean Vanier, #5

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Our vocation is to look at people who are broken and to look at them with love, as Jesus did. I had a humbling experience when visiting a special home for people with severe disabilities. The nurse said to me, �Don�t you find them beautiful?� Sometimes we need help to see the beauty of people. I find the weakness if assistants in L�Arche is discouragement. L�Arche is based on relationship and we are all weak in relationship

Jean Vanier, #10

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to say something about the passage from brokenness to unity. One of the images I like to look at is Mary holding the dead body of Jesus, like the Pieta, in her arms. II find that very moving. Holding that dead, broken body with amazing love and delicacy. Yet everything is broken. There is a pervading brokenness, nothing is together. We can find this kind of situation in our world.

Covenant Retreat Tape 8

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an undated Covenant Retreat. The talks were given by Jean Vanier.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: It�s a great mystery, our broken humanity. The incredible divisions in our world: cultural, religious, national. Divisions inside our communities and families.

Covenant Retreat Tape 9

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an undated Covenant Retreat. The talks were given by Jean Vanier.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When in Jerusalem, I like to spend time in the Church where the tomb of Jesus is located. I want to begin by saying something about waiting.

La bonne Nouvelle

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) event in Montreal in 1974. Jean Vanier was the speaker.

3. "Receiving forgiveness - we can forgive"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) event in Liverpool, UK, in 1977. The theme of the ecumenical retreat was 'Followers of Jesus,' and the retreat was led by Jean Vanier. The cassette feature talks by Jean Vanier.

4. "Love listens to receive the Word"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) event in Liverpool, UK, in 1977. The theme of the ecumenical retreat was 'Followers of Jesus,' and the retreat was led by Jean Vanier. The cassette feature talks by Jean Vanier.

6. "The pathway of love"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) event in Liverpool, UK, in 1977. The theme of the ecumenical retreat was 'Followers of Jesus,' and the retreat was led by Jean Vanier. The cassette feature talks by Jean Vanier.

Thursday, October 19, 1978, 9:00 a.m. Jean Vanier, "Opening Our Hearts to the Spirit"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat at St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, WA. The retreat took place from October 16-21, 1978. The recording begins with an introduction to the talk and its date.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The good news of Jesus is that into our wounded earth of egoism, etc. Has been placed the seed of the Spirit.

Thursday, October 19, 1978, 8:30 p.m. Jean Vanier, "Opening Our Hearts to the Spirit" at Blanchet High School (Public Talk). Opening introductions by Archbishop Hunthausen. Included are questions and answers at the end of the talk.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat at St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, WA. The retreat took place from October 16-21, 1978. The recording begins with an introduction to the talk and its date.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to share some of the discoveries of these past 14 years since I have been living with wounded people. And how this has led me to discover how at the heart of each of us there is a very deep yearning to love and be loved.

Friday, October 20, 1978, 9:00 a.m. Jean Vanier, "Growing in Jesus"

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat at St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, WA. The retreat took place from October 16-21, 1978. The recording begins with an introduction to the talk and its date.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This is our last day. It�s important that we try to gear into the essentials. I would suggest that we be careful not to leave before leaving. Remember this day will bring with it a gift. It�s important to welcome this gift of today, which will be special for each of us. Some of the gifts of Jesus we might prefer that he kept them.

Conference 1, beginning of Conference 2 - Jean Vanier. French and English talk. Mentions the anniversary of Faith and Sharing

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat in October 1978.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk One (and all the talks ): Starts in French. The first retreat was in English. That is why I started in French. So many things have happened over these last 10 years. Think of all the gifts that have been given to us in Faith & Sharing and in Faith & Light & L�Arche too. And in each of our personal lives. Talk Two: I mentioned last time that our world rejects weaknesses. We pretend and wish to appear strong so that we can be admired. Wisdom is to welcome our reality.

End of Conference 3, beginning of Conference 4. French and English. Jean Vanier.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat in October 1978.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk three continues Talk #4: To live in community is to listen to the cry of others. To hold that person. Often we are hiding our wounds behind projects. We are always do things. We are afraid to reveal the weakness.

1. November 25, 1979, "Viens a la fete"

Item consists of 1 audio cassettes from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from November 25-30, 1979, led by Jean Vanier. All volumes feature talks by Jean Vanier.

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

Tape 3A

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Can I say a few more words about the wolf? I was listening to one of our assistants in my community who was telling me about the strong anger coming up in him in front of people with a disability. He was quite afraid of his own anger.

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