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File consists of one letter from Jim Towey, describing the events of the past year of his life. Letter includes copies of two letters from Mark O. Hatfield, United States Senator from Oregon, and Bob Graham, United States Senator from Florida, to the Templeton Prize committee in Nassau, Bahamas, recommending Jean Vanier for the 1997 Templeton Prize. Letter also includes a copy of a proposal written by Towey and submitted to the MacArthur Foundation on March 19, 1996, titled "The Florida Commission on Aging with Dignity." Letter also includes a copy of an article by Towey titled "Human dignity and aging America" (Towey, H. James. The Tampa Tribune: Thursday, February 15, 1996); an article titled "America Needs a Touch of Mercy" (Towey, H. James. The Miami Herald: Sunday, February 4, 1996); and an article titled "A way to right welfare reform" (Towey, H. James. St. Pete Times [sic]: Sunday January 14, 1996).

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 18-24, 1995 in Halifax, NS.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 18-24, 1995 in Halifax, NS.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 18-24, 1995 in Halifax, NS.

File consists of 13 audio cassettes featuring talks given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 18-24, 1995 in Halifax, NS.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 18-24, 1995 in Halifax, NS.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 18-24, 1995 in Halifax, NS.

File consists of material regarding a tribute to Jean Vanier by Nouwen.

File consists of a letter and a form letter from Don McNeill, of the Center for Social Concerns (Notre Dame, IN), including a copy of a letter from McNeill to Jean Vanier, a copy of a newspaper article about Vanier and a booklet regarding the Center.

File consists of 22 audio cassettes featuring talks 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 (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 (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 (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 (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

File consists of 23 audio cassettes from the 1993 International Federation of l'Arche meeting. The cassettes were recorded as the speakers gave their talks, and were concurrently translated into multiple languages, including English, French, Polish, German, etc.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from the 1993 International Federation of l'Arche meeting. The cassettes were recorded as the speakers gave their talks, and were concurrently translated into multiple languages, including English, French, Polish, German, etc.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: German translation of Jean Vanier�s talk

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 (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 (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 (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 (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from the 1993 International Federation of l'Arche meeting. The cassettes were recorded as the speakers gave their talks, and were concurrently translated into multiple languages, including English, French, Polish, German, etc.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Perhaps in living this week together we have become conscious that L�Arche is very much a gift from God. The stone which was rejected has become the corner stone. This vision which has been given to us is not easily accepted or recognized by everyone. The people in our communities are the gift we have received.

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 (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 (Retraite de l'Alliance) from May 26-31, 1993. Each talk is in French and English.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from the 1993 International Federation of l'Arche meeting.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: It was about 30 years ago that Pere Thomas made the discovery which is at the heart of the Christian message that God has chosen the foolish of the world, the weak to confound the strong. He has chosen those of lowly birth and those who are most despised. So it was that Pere Thomas called me to meet his new friends and so it was that L�Arche was born. It is because of Pere Thomas that we are all here. We too have made that same discovery.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from the 1993 International Federation of l'Arche meeting. The cassettes were recorded as the speakers gave their talks, and were concurrently translated into multiple languages, including English, French, Polish, German, etc.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French Translation of Jean Vanier's talk

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from the 1993 International Federation of l'Arche meeting. The cassettes were recorded as the speakers gave their talks, and were concurrently translated into multiple languages, including English, French, Polish, German, etc.

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

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at a Covenant Retreat in Portland, OR, in May 1992.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at a Covenant Retreat in Portland, OR, in May 1992.

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 audio cassette featuring a talk given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 25 - August 20, 1992, in England.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: There is a 'plan' behind this renewal. These first few weeks is to open us up to all the pain in our world. It is there. We don't like it, we don't want it, we hate it, but it is there. Then through that to discover something about healing and compassion. Many people are overwhelmed by the reality of the pain in their lives today.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 25 - August 20, 1992, in England.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I hope that during this renewal each of us will discover how beautiful we are and how much we are loved by God. We have a mission to discover our beauty. Many people don't believe they are loved by God. Children know they are loved but then what happens? We must also discover our brokenness, that the outer world is also our inner world. The challenge is to accept it rather than just be angry with it. So sometimes we can deny our beauty and sometimes our brokenness. The secret for humans is the transformation of brokenness into trust.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 25 - August 20, 1992, in England.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The inward and outward journeys are fundamentally the same. We have to do both. To meet poverty outside of one self and to refuse to see our inner poverty is not possible. It's a question of walking into our own pain and into the pain outside. It's important that we do this somehow together. As we begin to see the pain on the outside we begin to see our helplessness, our frustration, our angers and fears--our inner pain. Do we deny our inner pain and then the outer too? Or as we accept the inner pain, do we begin to understand the outer pain?

File consists of a photocopy of a newsletter from Jean Vanier of L'Arche International.

File consists of a letter to Jean Vanier from Connie Ellis, Nouwen's administrative assistant, including a fax transmittal sheet.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 25 - August 20, 1992, in England.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to share about forgiveness which is close to peace making, bringing people together from a reality of separation. I would call on you to reflect on how reconciliation and forgiveness can be lived in community. But today my focus will be on the personal reality of forgiveness.

File consists of 2 audio cassettes featuring talks given by Jean Vanier at a Covenant Retreat in Portland, OR, in May 1992.

File consists of two letters from Jean Vanier, one a personal, hand-written note, and one a longer, typed newsletter. File also includes a copy of a very long, typed letter from Nouwen regarding Vanier's visit to Daybreak and Nouwen's ministry there.

File consists of a letter from Jean Vanier of L'Arche Internationale regarding the enclosed draft agenda and participants of the second Spirituality Commission.

File consists of a letter from Martin Vernooy, writing from Madras, India, which also contains a paragraph written by Jean Vanier, who was visiting there. File also includes a copy of a typed letter from Nouwen.

File consists of personal correspondence to Henri Nouwen from Jean Vanier and reference material regarding Jean Vanier. Included is a “Tribute to Jean Vanier”; a “Report on the Mission to Daybreak to Evaluate the Place of Henri Nouwen as Priest of the Community by Fr. David Rothrock, Jean-Christophe Pascale and Jean Vanier”; copies of letters from Gail Stevenson to Jean Vanier regarding her daughter; a copy of “Jean Vanier’s Eulogy at Henri Nouwen’s Funeral”; contact information for Vanier’s assistant Barbara Swanekamp; and an email from Asmund Bjornstad to Sue Mosteller regarding the nomination of Vanier for the Nobel Peace Prize accompanied by proposal and Vanier’s curriculum vitae.

Second file folder consists of reference material regarding Jean Vanier’s participation as the leader of the Vigil at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury. Included is promotional material and articles about the event; copies of the transcripts from Vanier’s first and second vigils; and a copy of an August 1998 letter written by Vanier to the L’Arche International community in which he mentions the Lambeth Conference.

File consists of 12 audio cassettes featuring talks given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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