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Item consists of 1 audio cassettes from the 1982 International Federation of l'Arche meeting in South Bend, IN.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: What I live is very simple. It�s not very much. And I am afraid that by talking about it I will make it into something that it is not. What more is there to say in that I work with cows! Our Farm Community in Guelph Ontario is inspired by L�Arche. We started a small project with men coming out of prison.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Spokane, WA, in 1983.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I find myself talking more about aging these days. And much of what we can say about aging applies as well to death and dying. I find it good to talk about aging because I realize that I am!

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Spokane, WA, in 1983.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Maybe we shouldn't be frightened by old age because I suspect as we grow older we would have confronted a lot of our own fears and anger in front of aging and dying because we are quite close to these realities in L'Arche.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Spokane, WA, in 1983.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I will talk about St Christopher's in London. For those of you who don't know this setting, I will tell you just a little bit about it. It's a hospice of 62 beds and also some 40-60 people are being cared for at home. It's a Christian foundation of the Anglican church but serves and cares for anyone in need.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Spokane, WA, in 1983.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: It's very important for the carers to share what they are feeling. To say, "this is driving me crazy." And occasionally to laugh too. To be able to share how a particular person has angered us by the demands they have made, until we have learnt more about him and what he has lived. What does it do to people to care for dying children? etc.

File consists of 6 audio cassettes from the 1982 International Federation of l'Arche meeting in South Bend, IN.

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: Not sure that "aging" is the best title as we are aging all the time. "Old age" might be better, So what is old age? It is said that growth, not aging, stops around the age of 18. So from there onwards we are just getting older, but don't really notice it during the next 40 years, Yet 60 is the peak age to transmit your skills and wisdom!

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

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

Henri J.M. Nouwen was a close friend of Jean Vanier and was invited to join the L'Arche Trosly-Breuil and was an active member of their community from August 1985 to May 1986. His experiences at Trosly-Breuil are published in his work, "The Road to Daybreak". The fonds consists of eleven audio cassettes of lectures and retreats given by Nouwen. The fonds also contains one compact disc of photographs of various subjects, including Nouwen. The records range in date from 1985 to 2008.
The Fonds has been organized into two series:

1. Sound Recordings
2. Photographs

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.