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 #1: Theme today is Come Away and Rest. What does being on retreat mean? It means to step back and resting. Jesus invites us all to enter into this time of retreat, to come aside and rest, to waste time today with no work or decisions. Conf #2: We want to continue the theme of this morning of coming away to rest and to meet Jesus. We want to focus on how do I respond to that invitation.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Joe Egan and Robert Larouche at the annual weekend for l'Arche Daybreak assistants in September 1985.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This is a time together to deepen what we are called to live as L'Arche. The text for today from St. Paul says "we urge to make more progress in the life you are meant to live." We are entering anew year now. We want to make progress ourselves at Daybreak in may domains which you have identified as priorities through prayer.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to share with you about another meeting with Jesus, which tells us much about him. It's the meeting of those two disciples walking to Emmaus after the resurrection. Maybe when we arrived at this retreat we had in our hearts the sentiments which must have been in the hearts of these two disciples. They had put so much hope in Jesus, that he would liberate Israel. Many people in our world are disillusioned. Their expectations have collapsed. We too can feel cheated by community because it wasn't what we expected.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: One of the sufferings of our communities is littleness. When we welcome people with all their fragility and wounds, there are no miracle cures. Our life is made up of very little things. Jean goes on to share about L'Arche in India.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The only thing that is important is that we meet Jesus and that we live the experience of covenant with him, which liberates, confirms us and helps us to understand the extraordinary tenderness of our God. During a retreat it's important to waste time with Jesus so that he can reveal himself to us in the silence. This afternoon I want to talk about another encounter in the gospel of John between Jesus and another woman, the one accused of adultery.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The specific gift of Jesus to humanity is forgiveness. Forgiveness is essentially returning to the covenant, a recognition that we are made one for the other and called to give life to one another, that we belong to each other. We are there for Jesus and he is there for us. "Whatever you ask for in my name, the Father will give you". What do you ask? What is your yearning and what is your thirst? Is your asking coming from the depths of your being?
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier and Mario Galeazzi at an Assistants' Retreat in Toronto, ON, in August 1982.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I bring you greetings from many people. We are living the same reality and sharing the same struggles. L'Arche is a struggle for liberation as the tendency of the world is to crush weak people. Our world seeks comfort, power and success.
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: Side Two starts with feedback from small group sharing. Then Jean speaks: How can we learn to comfort ourselves? We can always say that the fault is over there because there is no one comforting me. We have to discover how we comfort ourselves or how do we let the spirit of God comfort us. You have experiences of this when you had to call on your own resources. The answer somewhere is about prayer. Prayer is learning to comfort and shepherd ourselves or be shepherded by Jesus.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a l'Arche Renewal retreat in Scotland in 1986.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk One: What I am reflecting on is basically a flight from personhood, the fear of personhood. It's a fear of our humanity and a fear of God. We run away from what it means to be a person, capable of self-gift. It takes many different forms. One is a loss of interiority and the fragmentation of self. Talk Two: We have a lot of excuses for not responding to our world. It's all of us. We know it but ignore it. We won't acknowledge our need to change.
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: Our final theme is about ministry, service and outreach. We will start with a reading from Luke 10 when Jesus sends out the 70 disciples two by two.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier on October 20, 1990, most likely during a retreat for Assistants at l'Arche Daybreak.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: There are many different types of loss. I think of David who lost his mother or John who lost his work. We talked before about the death of Bill & Frank. And there is the loss of assistants. Why do they leave? Then there is the losses which are more subtle, like the loss of self-image or self esteem.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier on October 20, 1990, most likely during a retreat for Assistants at l'Arche Daybreak.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The title of this talk is "Staying in L'Arche long term". I will tell you the secret. It's about rest. Do you know what rest is? It is the awakening of new energy. Because everything is around energy. Where do we get our energy?
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 by George Strohmeyer and Robert Larouche at a Zone Assistant Retreat from March 31 - April 5, 1986, in Orangeville, ON.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I will close with a reading from Ephesians 4:1-16
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk by George Strohmeyer and Robert Larouche at a Zone Assistant Retreat from March 31 - April 5, 1986, in Orangeville, ON.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When we look at the Gospels one thing that is very clear is that God responds to our thirst. "Those who are thirsty, come to me to drink." In our lives we have to enter the dessert to learn about our thirst. I encourage you to penetrate into the dessert so that our souls thirst for God.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We will go on with our Samaritan woman, a fragile woman belonging to a despised group. We ended earlier with Jesus promising that there will be a well of life in her which will nourish people�.an extraordinary revelation to this woman with her negative self image of not being good enough and unlovable. To discover that Jesus is saying to her "trust in me and you will give life."
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring talks given by Fr. Bill Clarke at a Covenant Retreat (Retraite de l'Alliance) from October 19 - 25, 1992. The talks are in English and in French.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I�m Bill Clarke and I live in a small farm community in Guelph, Ontario. I have been there 12 years. It has the same spirit as L�Arche. We have welcomed men and women in need and work the farm together. I went to L�Arche in 1968 for a couple of years and have been close to L�Arche ever since. I am happy to be here. We all come together with different hopes, fears, longings and worries. We could also say that the desire of God for each one of us is unique too.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal Retreat in 1979. The title of the retreat was "Unless a Man Be Born Again."
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We are going to look at chapter 10 today. Our symbol is a candle as this part of the gospel is under the truth of "I am the light of the world" Today will be "I am the door" Jesus starts with a pastoral story about he who comes through the door is the shepherd of the sheep who calls them by name.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal Retreat in 1979. The title of the retreat was "Unless a Man Be Born Again."
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When we feel hopeless we often conceal it in different ways. We have to hide the fact that we are helpless. Also, when we receive aggression, that is a difficult thing. There again we often flee or get angry. Basically we can just hide in the office and become non available. Another reality is loneliness, which leads to the need to seek approval
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Accompaniment Workshop for l'Arche assistants. The title of the conference was 'Accompaniment in l'Arche' and it was given in June 1990 in Calgary, AB.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Conf #3: is a continuation of #2. Conf #4: I am going to talk about trust and choices, but not together. Trust has been critical in my own journey. When I was 17 I had an experience with my mother where our relationship broke which had to do with trust. It impacted our relationship from then on. The residue left in me was "could I trust myself? and "could I trust God?" I had to work with this a lot with help. The experience has taught me a lot about acceptance and forgiveness. Trust is essential for our community living and our personal growth. Trust takes time and is built in relationships.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a retreat for Assistants from March 13-18, 1988.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This is a beautiful story at the of John's gospel of Jesus appearing to the disciples. But it is Peter that Jesus changes and transforms after the meal. It's a mystery of three times "Do you love me?" Jesus raises Peter to a new level and is calling him to a new way, "follow me and feed my sheep."
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a retreat for Assistants from March 13-18, 1988.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: To rest on a retreat means to be disciplined. To be silent, eat slowly, to walk, to pray--that's what it means to rest. When Jesus says rest, He is inviting us to rest here, Something happens to us when we are in love. We become peaceful. Who can understand love? True for our relationship with Jesus, but can't force it. It's to receive. Let Jesus reveal to us what love means.
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 #10: How can we take what we have been given this week and before and bring that into our world? Who in our community can help us to continue on the path we have discovered this week? I also want to offer another perspective, one from outside of L'Arche as a minister. The text is the prologue from St. John's gospel. The light which shines in the darkness allows us to see. Who are we as L'Arche as part of a larger reality which is the church?
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk by George Strohmeyer and Robert Larouche at a Zone Assistant Retreat from March 31 - April 5, 1986, in Orangeville, ON.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk by George Strohmeyer and Robert Larouche at a Zone Assistant Retreat from March 31 - April 5, 1986, in Orangeville, ON.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We continue today to discover more about covenant, I encourage you to be faithful to your own readiness for your call and covenant. The cry of every human heart is what is there for me. We have so many questions. The answer is in Rev. 21 and its powerful images, e.g. "I saw a new heaven and a new earth."
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk by George Strohmeyer and Robert Larouche at a Zone Assistant Retreat from March 31 - April 5, 1986, in Orangeville, ON.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk by George Strohmeyer and Robert Larouche at a Zone Assistant Retreat from March 31 - April 5, 1986, in Orangeville, ON.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This retreat is God's work, not ours. I am grateful to be part of it, even with my limitations. Our "monitoring" self is always there on our shoulder watching us and asking "what's in this for me?" So don't be surprised if your ego tries to hook you and bring you back to sanity. Our call is to go deeper into the silence.
