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University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, Special Collections Item
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Reaching out: the three movements of the spiritual life

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote about the spiritual life. The book has been divided into the following: Foreword; Introduction; Reaching Out to our Innermost Self, The First Movement: From Loneliness to Solitude, Chapter 1: A Suffocating Loneliness, Chapter 2: A Receptive Solitude, Chapter 3: A Creative Response; Reaching Out to our Fellow Human Beings, The Second Movement: From Hostility to Hospitality, Chapter 4: Creating Space for the Stranger, Chapter 5: Forms of Hospitality, Chapter 6: Hospitality and the Host; Reaching Out to our God, The Third Movement: From Illusion to Prayer, Chapter 7: Prayer and Mortality, Chapter 8: The Prayer of the Heart, Chapter 9: Community and Prayer; Conclusion; Notes.
As is stated in the front flap: "In Reaching Out, [Nouwen] . . . lays out an incomparable plan for living a life in and with the Spirit and achieving the ultimate goal of that life: union with God."

Out of solitude: three meditations on the Christian life

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote originally as sermons given at "Battell," the United Church of Christ at Yale University. The book has been divided into the following: Preface; First Meditation: Out of Solitude, Introduction, Our Life in Action, Our Life in Solitude, Conclusion; Second Meditation: With Care, Introduction, Care, Community and Care, Conclusion; Third Meditation: In Expectation, Introduction, Expectation as Patience, Expectation as Joy, Conclusion.

The wounded healer: ministry in contemporary society

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote about being a minister in contemporary society. The book has been divided into the following: Introduction, The Four Open Doors; Chapter I: Ministry in a Dislocated World, The Search of Nuclear Man; Chapter II: Ministry for a Rootless Generation, Looking into the Fugitive's Eyes; Chapter III: Ministry to a Hopeless Man, Waiting for Tomorrow; Chapter IV: Ministry by a Lonely Minister, The Wounded Healer; Conclusion, A Forward Thrust.
As is stated on the front flap: "Noting that modern man is above all a suffering man--he is psychologically wounded by lack of hope, by loneliness, by the predicament of rootlessness--Professor Nouwen explains why the minister of today can only help others deal with these problems if he is willing to go beyond his professional role and leave himself open as a fellow human being with his own wounds and suffering."

Pray to live: Thomas Merton: contemplative critic

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote about Thomas Merton, translated from Bidden om het Leven. The book has been divided into the following: Introduction; Part I: For Instruction, List of Abbreviations, A Short Biography, Chapter 1: From Sarcasm to Contemplation, Chapter 2: The Way to Silence, Chapter 3: Conquering Solitude, Chapter 4: Unmasking the Illusion, Chapter 5: Discover of the East; Part II: For Meditation, Chapter 6: From Sarcasm to Contemplation, Chapter 7: The Way to Silence, Chapter 8: Conquering Solitude, Chapter 9: Unmasking the Illusion, Chapter 10: Discover of the East, Bibliography.
As is stated on the back cover: "Pray to Live is an introduction to the life and thought of Thomas Merton. Its aim is to uncover the main trends in Merton's richly diverse and very productive life in order to help in a better understanding of his commitment to a contemplative critique of himself and his world. . . ."

Met open handen: notities over het gebed

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote about prayer; the translated title is: With Open Hands. The book has been divided into the following (English translation): Foreword; Introduction, With Clenched Fists; Chapter 1, Prayer and Silence; Chapter 2, Prayer and Acceptance; Chapter 3, Prayer and Hope; Chapter 4, Prayer and Compassion; Chapter 5, Prayer and Revolution; Conclusion, With Open Hands.

Creative ministry

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote about ministry. The book has been divided into the following: Introduction: Beyond Professionalism; Chapter I: Beyond the Transference of Knowledge, Teaching; Chapter II: Beyond the Retelling of the Story , Preaching; Chapter III: Beyond the Skillful Response, Individual Pastoral Care; Chapter IV: Beyond the Manipulation of Structures, Organizing; Chapter V: Beyond the Protective Ritual, Celebrating; Conclusion; Epilogue.
As is stated on the front flap: " . . [I]n this thoughtful examination of the various complex tasks that are part of [life, Nouwen], a well-known representative of the progressive movement within the Church . . . explores the need to infuse the daily pastoral work of the minister with a new creative spirituality in order to make it truly meaningful."

Intimacy: pastoral psychological essays

Item consists of a book which Nouwen wrote about intimacy. The book has been divided into the following: Introduction; The context, Chapter 1--From magic to faith; Intimacy and sexuality, Chapter 2--The challenge to love, Chapter 3--Homosexuality: Prejudice or mental illness?; Intimacy and prayer, Chapter 4--Student prayers: Between confusion and hope, Chapter 5--Pentecostalism on campus; Intimacy and community, Chapter 6--Depression in the seminary; Intimacy and the ministry, Chapter 7--The priest and his mental health, Chapter 8--Training for the campus ministry; Conclusion.
As is stated on the back cover: "Intimacy is the theme which binds the divergent subjects of this book together. Intimacy in the relationship between man and woman, between man and man, and between man and God; intimacy also in the life of the man who wants to live in a religious community, intimacy finally for the minister or priest who wants to give a home to others but risks losing his own."

Mary, mother of priests

Item consists of a booklet featuring a homily by Nouwen on Mary for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Toronto, during Marian year 1988.

Maria, madre dei sacerdoti

Item consists of a booklet featuring a homily by Nouwen on Mary for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Toronto, during Marian year 1988.

Marie, mère des prêtres

Item consists of a booklet featuring a homily by Nouwen on Mary for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Toronto, during Marian year 1988.

Spiritual direction

Item consists of a booklet regarding spiritual direction with subtitles such as: The Movement from Absurdity to Obedience and The Three Disciplines of the Spiritual Life.

Prayer and the priest

Item consists of a booklet featuring Chapter 1: Prayer and the Priestly Life and Chapter II: Prayer in the Ministerial Life of the Priest.

Care and the elderly

Item consists of a booklet featuring Nouwen's speech "Care and The Elderly" which he delivered on June 25, 1975 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the biennial luncheon sponsored by The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board of the American Baptist Churches.

From resentment to gratitude

Item consists of a booklet in which Nouwen challenges seminaries to overcome negative feelings and respond to life by a positive creative ministry.

New faculty

Item consists of an article which is part of a larger booklet. The article mentions Nouwen.

Encounter loneliness

Item consists of an article which is an excerpt from the upcoming book, Reaching Out. Note in the article: the text "will appear in a revised and enlarged form in the book: Reaching Out."

Alabama march

Item consists of an article regarding the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama.

De magneet van Ars

Item consists of an article which discusses Nouwen's visit to Ars [according to a brief translation].

Naar de hemelse garage?

Item consists of an article which criticizes Nouwen's article "Toekomstige parkeerplaats tussen de sterren" [according to a brief translation].

"Toekomstige parkeerplaats tussen de sterren"

Item consists of an article which defends Nouwen's article "Toekomstige parkeerplaats tussen de sterren" after an accusation of Nouwen of being "ensconced behind the walls of the Pius - convict" [according to a brief translation].

Brieven van lezers

Item consists of an article which criticizes Nouwen's article "Toekomstige parkeerplaats tussen de sterren" [according to a brief translation].

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