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 think we can say we are becoming conscious of our mission. I began L'Arche in an unconscious way as perhaps you did too. Each of us has our story. But if you look back to the origins of why you came, it's small to what we are discovering today. Our mission is much bigger than we imagined and possibly more important than we imagined.
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: Talk #7: We will start by looking at the call of Samuel in the O.T. I want to stress a few things. The call comes to Samuel and he is already under a master. So he goes to Eli three times before they figure it all out. Then Yahweh does speak to Samuel who responds "your servant is listening." This listening is critical. Talk #8: I want to continue with the reality of God's call and in particular your call to live with handicapped people. It's very important indeed that we question ourselves about the quality of our sharing because I think we have to see it as the Lord sharing with us. We have to be humble as he is touching us in a different way.
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: I hope to talk to illustrate my slides. The goal is to get your eyes off of me and onto the dying patients we are talking about , with their families and the staff who surround them. I am happy to share what I know based on our experience at St. Christopher's.
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: Jean Vanier introduces Peter. "Peter is chairman of the Peace Movement in Belfast and a member of the local parliament there. He will talk with us about the violence and breakage in the Northern Ireland situation."
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Assistants' Retreat in Guelph, ON, in 1994. This particular retreat was for assistants that had been a part of the l'Arche community for 2-5 years.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The topic today is the Mission of L'Arche. I will begin with the story of Noah in Genesis, which can give us many insights into our call.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Assistants' Retreat in Guelph, ON, in 1994. This particular retreat was for assistants that had been a part of the l'Arche community for 2-5 years.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The conclusion of Sue's talk on Mission.
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: Pretend you have been in the desert for hours and its very hot and your throat is parched and dry. Your whole body is crying out for water. Then receive the water from your neighbor and experience the taste of it. Then hand the water to your neighbor. Because today we are going to think about this exchange of water in Chapter 4 of St. John.
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: Do you remember that at the beginning that I said that I wanted to keep chapter 1 until the end because most authors write their introductions after they finish their book, which St John did as well. Until you articulate your thoughts in words, you don't really know what you thought is. The climax of this prologue, in fact what he discovered, is that the "Word was made flesh and dwelt among...."
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: Thank you for the information you sent to me in advance from about 50% of you. So I will put it to you: "Do I have the right picture?" about stress in your context. If not, please tell me and share it with the group so we can together have a better understanding of what it means to be a senior worker in L'Arche. The difficulties we will find are not always stressful but promote growth, both personal and professional
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: I want to explore some of the difficulties you have had with the residents. This will lead us to a very important question which we raised already with the assistants: When do we let the residents go? With the residents, in comparison to the assistants, you have even more guilt feelings about this critical decision.
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: Can we start with how we respond to stress and explore, in particular, our anger? People have four ways of dealing with anger (perhaps more ways). For example, an outward expression which is direct, either verbal or physical.
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: Good that we talk about expectations and the feeling that they have to be accurate in relation to the assistants looking at L'Arche before they come in. This is because if their expectations are very inaccurate, then their behavior will be quite inappropriate for L'Arche. For example, if they believe L'Arche is a place where assistants can do their own thing, that's a big problem!
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an unknown Accompaniment event, sometime between 1991-1994.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Side One: I came to learn something about accompaniment, but then Sue Mosteller asked me to give a talk about the history of accompaniment in L'Arche. It has been help to reflect on that history and I offer this to you for your own reflection. Side two: Panel reflection in French
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an unknown Accompaniment event, sometime between 1991-1994.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We want to take time now to reflect on what we have lived here this week, which has gone quickly. In L�Arche we have identified a need in our communities and we have tried to respond.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at an Accompaniment Retreat in Montreal in September - October 1991.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Side Two: I want to reflect on this question of what are we talking about when we talk about accompaniment in L�Arche and of assistants. We have all been named as accompaniments and we are here to deepen our understanding of that role. I will look at at our �graced history� as L�Arche and look at our own personal history of being accompanied.
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: Side One: The reflection questions for the small groups are: Where do I believe in myself? Where do I doubt myself? Side One then ends with a song. Side Two: This topic is important to me. This is where we begin to bridge from us to the other. Take you time with this as we are going to talk about anxiety today as it's natural in walking with another. We will be talking about creating sacred space to welcome another and being fully present. How do I help to create and expand that sacred space?
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: Side One: I think that we being together is something about life in the unfolding. It's being present to the other person's journey and being present to my own journey. And it's being present to the journey we embark on together. I am going to be effected by your journey. Somewhere your journey touches mine. Side Two: Continued.
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: Who are the assistants? I put an outline on the blackboard which you can follow. The reason why I want to talk about the assistants is so that we have an understanding of who the person is when we begin to accompany.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette recorded at an Assistants' Weekend in Orangeville, ON, from March 8-10, 1991.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We can take for granted the richness which fills this room right now as assistants. And the richness of the life we have together. We want to be here so that our community can be well.
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: Three people representing the pillars of L�Arche share about supporting long term assistants in the home.
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: Panel discussion continues
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 Henri�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 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.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in Kansas City, [MO]. The cassettes feature a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: All of our retreat will be about how Jesus did announce the Good news to the poor. But to receive it we have to become poor. That is his message, he came to announce good news to the poor,
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in Kansas City, [MO]. The cassettes feature a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to continue to talk about community. I want to share about the littleness of community and about the littleness of humanity. Because there is a serious danger that some of us believe it is a crime not to excel and we don�t allow ourselves to be little.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in Kansas City, [MO]. The cassettes feature a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I call you to be attentive to our last 24 hours. You will be returning to your people. Don�t live in the past or the future, but just live in the present moment today and how Jesus renders himself present in the moment.
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: We will have more time tomorrow for questions and reflections from the floor. The choice for us is do we stay with what we have , which is possible, and work with that to find a better solution than the zones. Or do we move towards the zones? We really need to find the wisdom about how to go forward.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from the 1987 International Federation of l'Arche meeting in Rome.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When I was a doctor working in London I realized I needed to know more about human relationships because I had a family practice. So I started training in psychiatry. My second son had special needs but no one seemed to understand all the feelings around our reality which we were experiencing as a family. Now I teach the future doctors about the needs of people with handicaps and their families.
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 a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: As we start, let�s remember the words of Jesus: �Come to me all you who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest� I imagine this is a reality for many of us. Not just the demands of every day, but also the stress in our world.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The feast of the Cross today. We are broken, wounded Christians and our world is broken too. Yet, in some mysterious way we are identified with this broken body of Christ.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When we don�t see the wolf inside of us, we only see the wolf outside of us. We begin a strategy to attack those outside wolves. Always under the name of virtue! Two warring groups always claim that God is on their side,
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Obviously Joseph loved Mary a lot. His extraordinary love for her means he has something really important to tell us.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in August 1982 in Detroit, MI. Item features a talk by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: How does trust evolve? To whom do we give our trust? You only give trust when you sense the double message is reduced as much as possible. Some of our people test us. Do you really love me? We test too before giving our trust. When I am in difficulty to whom can I go?
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.
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?
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.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat at St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore, WA. The retreat took place from October 16-21, 1978. The recording begins with an introduction to the talk and its date.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: It is terribly important that our intelligence be well developed. It is a beautiful gift from God. And it�s terribly important that this intelligence of ours be developed in order to safe guard what is most important in us, that is, our relationship to our God and to Jesus. And to each other, the growth of love
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat in October 1978.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk two continues. Talk Three: Jesus came to heal the wounds of our divided world. The Word became flesh to change the hearts of people to unify our broken world.
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an unknown Faith and Sharing (Foi et Portage) retreat in October 1978.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk Five continues. Talk Six: I would like to talk about growth again. Not just our individual growth, but the growth of community. One could also talk about the growth of the church or of humanity. It is important to see the stages of growth and those things that prevent growth.
