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Covenant Journey 1989

File consists of 17 audio cassettes featuring talks given at a Covenant Journey Retreat in 1989. There are varying speakers and titles. The talks were given in French, but have been translated into English.

Covenant Journey June 1989

File consists of 12 audio cassettes featuring talks given at a Covenant Retreat in June 1989. The cassettes are labeled as being given by Jean Vanier, but one cassette features a talk by Sr. Sue Mosteller. The cassettes are numbered sequentially and titles of talks are not listed.

Jean Vanier, #4

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 would like to say something about this family of Mary, Martha & Lazarus. Let us look together at this family from Luke, chapter 10.

Jean Vanier, #8

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: This morning we ended with Jesus weeping at death. The desolation and distress of Mary & Martha too. The broken communion and anguish of these two women who loved their brother. I just want to say a word about death being a terrible reality.

Jean Vanier, #11

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 always find it interesting when one meets someone who is thirsty for God and the works of God. Maybe it is a gift we must ask for. We can get very caught up in the works of God. It�s important to thirst for God. The heart of Christ is thirsting for communion. He is obviously deeply moved by this woman who washes his feet and is yearning to meet his heart.

Letters from Diana Chambers

File consists of five letters from Diana Chambers, The Servant Leadership School (Washington, DC). File also includes several flyers about the school, a copy of letter from Chambers to Jean Vanier about the school, the course catalogue, and a letter from N. Gordon Cosby regarding the school's opening and a building dedication. File also includes a copy of her spiritual autobiography.

Jean Vanier, #7

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 want to go to Bethany today. One of the things I would like you to look at as we enter this text is the insistence of Jesus about belief. We are going to have to face what does it mean to believe? Because we are all slightly confused today about belief and psychology. What does it really mean to trust Jesus? Be attentive to how Jesus calls people to belief.

Letters from Susan Zimmerman

File consists of four letters (some from Japan) from Susan Zimmerman, including a small card in Japanese, two articles, and poems by Zimmerman. File also includes a copy of a letter from Hazel Bradley, Zone Coordinator, L'Arche International, that includes Zimmerman's 'Report on a Visit to Japan'; a copy of a letter to Jean Vanier from Zimmerman; a card with a prayer signed by both Zimmerman and Nouwen; and a copy of a long typed letter from Nouwen.

L'Arche Renewal 1988

File consists of 57 audio cassettes featuring talks given at l'Arche Renewal retreat events from June 22 - August 23, 1988.

Jean Vanier, "Separation and Communion (B)" - Wednesday, July 13, 1988, A.M.

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: I would like to come back to we really don't know what communion is. But we have glimpses of it; we have a hope. We have much more an experience of collaboration and even more experience of separation. We you say to me prove communion is true, I can't. I have an intuition, a hope it is true. It's a hope of many people that it is possible. We are expressing a hope and a call that maybe communion is possible.

Jean Vanier, "Shepherds, Servants of Communion" (part 1) - Thursday, July 14, 1988, A.M.

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: I just read a book by Br. Roger of Taize. One thing I loved was it said they changed the name of "Prior" of the community to the "Servant of Communion". It's a lovely name and we have to be really convinced that a leader of our communities is also the servant of communion. I want to talk about shepherding as being servants of communion. This is complex for us because very quickly we can become just administrators and not servants of communion. Thus we can be caught up mostly in organizing and doing rather than facilitating communion.

Jean Vanier, "Shepherds, Servants of Communion" (part 2) - Thursday, July 14, 1988, A.M.

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: We began this week on the theme of the poor as source of life. The poor who are crying out their pain and need. Are they just a pain in the neck and we have to get rid of them? This is the basic vision of a society based on a pyramid. They challenge us too much and our whole system of values. So we have been talking about the cry for communion of the poor, who call out our capacity for compassion. We will now keep on with how we are called to foster communion. If you are a shepherd, you must know what particular aspect of shepherding you are called to live.

Jean Vanier, "Passages" - Tuesday, July 12, 1988, A.M.

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: Are the poor a source of life or a source of death that should be got rid of? For people with handicaps we either push them into ghettos, kill them in the womb or else "normalize" them, which is a way of saying they are not different and don't need a special welcome. One f the big questions will be how to make the passage from being a source of death to a source of life? is it possible? If so, what is the conversion or passage necessary? This is not just an intellectual reality but a very personal one. It is not just a conversion to Jesus but also to Jesus in the poor. This is the final conversion.

Jean Vanier, "Shepherds, Servants of Communion" (part 3) - Friday, July 15, 1988, A.M.

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.

Jean Vanier, "The Poor Source of Life" - Monday, July 11, 1988, A.M.

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: I want to talk this morning about something a bit crazy about the poor as a source of life. Is it true or not? In a way we are touching the heart of L'Arche. Are we just living in a dream or is that dream real. Is it really possible that someone like Vincent at L'Etoille can be healing? Then it also comes down to the question: can my poverty be healing? If it's true the poor can be healing, then my poverty also can be a source of life. We will reflect on this. Is it true or are we living a dream o protect ourselves?

Jean Vanier, "Separation and Communion (A)" - Wednesday, July 13, 1988, A.M.

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: I feel that we are walking on a road together trying to discover something together. When we talk of the cry of the poor and their need and their pain, add on "of separation" because this morning we are going to talk about separation and communion. The poor cry their need, pain and separation and their cry for recognition, love and belonging. It's always a big question: who do you belong to? Who do we belong to? The question of belonging can be a painful one. The essential cry of the poor is the cry of their pain of separation.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 2

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to talk with you about Mary, Martha & Lazarus.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 9

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When you love someone, the rules are not always very clear. We are all a bit confused. Too close? Too far? But the incredible thing about Jesus is that he sees in the act of love, the seeds of beauty. Yet if we get too close we may run away, which is a breakage of covenant. This is painful! We often don�t know how to love. What is important is that we love our best.

Material from Jean Vanier

File consists of a letter from Jean Vanier, including a very long typed letter from Nouwen endorsing Vanier's nomination for the Templeton Prize, Teresa de Bertodano's nomination and Vanier's typescript "The Healing Community".

Faith and Sharing Retreat

File consists of 11 audio cassettes from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 7

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today is the day of reconciliation. I want to share something about forgiveness and the yearning of Christ to take away from our shoulders the yoke of guilt.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 8

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: You know what happens when someone is resurrected? You have a fiesta and so everyone gathers in Bethany for a meal. The two main guests are Jesus and Lazarus. In the biblical vision, a meal is very important, when you serve each other.

Covenant Retreat, April 1987

File consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier, Claire de Miribel, and George Strohmeyer at a Covenant Retreat event in April 1987. The title of the talk is, "Sharing."

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 3

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to share more about Mary & Martha as it is really important you get to know these people. I want to talk about the relationship between Mary and Martha as they have a bit of conflict now and then.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 4

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Community is the place where each person can live their gift and grow. The gift of Mary is the gift of the heart, the gift of love and gentle listening to Jesus. The gift of Martha is to serve. Be attentive this week to let Mary come up in you, i.e. to cherish silence, which is difficult. Yet silence is the place where we meet Jesus.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 11

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Letters from L'Arche

File consists of letters and newsletters from various members of the L'Arche community, including:
-official letters from Jean Vanier,

  • Sr. Claire Marie de Jesus (Rolf), Renate Craine, Simone Landrien, Thérèse Monique, of L'Arche Trosly-Breuil, France;
    -Mary Egan of L'Arche Carrecoeur in Haiti;
    -Tim K. Hollis of L'Arche England;
    -Jaziane Gueusquin of L'Arche Cuise la Motte, France;
    -Dorothy (last name unknown) of Asha Niketan in Madras, India;
    -Irene (last name unknown) writing from Kalittalai, India (previously of L'Arche Daybreak);
    -Andrei (spelling unclear) writing from the Jesuit Communaute of Wépion-Namur in Belgium;
    -The Dietz family of Augsburg, Germany;
    -Jim and Julie B? (last name unclear) writing from France;
  • Bright Dove, Christine, George, Linda, Paguita(last names unknown) of unknown affiliation;
    and,
    -a copy of quarterly newsletter "Letters of L'Arche" (no. 57, March 1987).

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 1

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I just want to say a word about Hiroshima and the recent feast of the Transfiguration. We must always ask God for the grace to be a peacemaker in a world where conflicts are too dangerous. I want to talk about the pain in our world and the insecurity and instability of our world.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 5

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: To move from doing to loving is not easy. When you �do� you have results. But when you love, there�s just love. I want to come back to the pain of Mary & Martha who are waiting for Jesus and who don�t understand because their brother has died. Why is Jesus waiting?

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 6

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to talk about the experience of loss and grief, especially around the age of 40. It calls for a deepening in spirituality.

Faith and Sharing Retreat Tape 10

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing Retreat held, possibly in 1987. Ten of the cassettes, numbered sequentially, feature talks by Jean Vanier. One cassette features a talk by Sue Mosteller.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to speak with you about waiting. Our life is a life of waiting. We are all in a period of waiting. I want to read St. Paul from Romans that talks about waiting.

Covenant Retreat, Jean Vanier

File consists of 10 audio cassettes featuring talks given by Jean Vanier at a Covenant Retreat in April 1987. The cassettes are numbered #2-11 and there are no titles of talks given.

Letters from L'Arche

File consists of letters from members of the L'Arche community, including:
-Jean Vanier writing from Antigonish (NS)
-Simone Landrien, Thérèse-Monique [Alibert], Jean, Barbara and Odile (last names unknown) from L'Arche Trosly Breuil, as well as a letter from Irene (last name unknown) writing from England about her experience at Trosly-Breuil
-Jim (last name unknown) from L'Arche à Paris
-Mirelle (last name unknown) from L'Arche La Ferme.
-Kate (last name unknown) from L'Arche An Croí in Wliton Lawn, Co. Cork, Ireland
-Anne Cortez and Kathy (last name unknown) from L'Arche Erie (PA)
-Mary Egan from L'Arche Carrefour in Haiti
-Brian Halferty from L'Arche Frontenac [now L'Arche Arnprior]
-Cathy (last name unknown) of "New House" (L'Arche Daybreak?)
-Gaby (last name unknown), welcoming Nouwen to the Family of L'Arche
-a list of the board of directors of Friends of L'Arche.
and official correspondence from Claire de Miribel on behalf of L'Arche Internationale. The majority of these letters contain annotations "file: L'Arche" or a simple "F" or "A".

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