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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: It is indeed the last will and testament of Jesus to give to us, his disciples, this sign of loving service. He, our Lord and master, goes to each one, kneeling at their feet, washing them and drying them. We know full well that apeter was first shocked and resisted, but changes his mind quickly as he wants to be deeply linked with Jesus. It is fitting that we would now repeat this sacramental ritual that Jesus left us as an example to be followed.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from an undated Covenant Retreat. The talks were given by Jean Vanier.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: I want to go today into the ultimate meaning of pain and suffering.

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: I would ask that you pray for me and that we pray together so that we can grow together. Pray that I say what Jesus wants you to receive so that you can grow and we can grow together. Pray that we create a bit of community together. We are all on a journey to wholeness as we live in the gap between our dreams and reality.

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: A time of retreat is a time that we rediscover Jesus. A time when we get in touch with ourselves and our wounds from which we hide. A time when we try interiorly to hear the call of wounded people. Jesus doesn�t shout; he only gently invites us and respects our liberty. But often we don�t hear his invitation.

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: I want to come back to this meeting of the wound of the person who is crying out. One of the realities I find that is one of most suffering is to visit a children�s ward in an institution and to find children who no longer cry out!

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: Community is one of the most beautiful and terrible of realities. We all love it and we all hate it. It�s a pain in the neck. But when we begin to trust each other and let down the barriers, we discover that we are loved. I believe in community. It can teach us how to live.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 14-19, 1984. Jean Vanier was the speaker for the event.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: This year is our 20th anniversary of L�Arche. During this retreat will be sharing with you some of the discoveries and things Jesus has been teaching us as we welcomed people who are fragile. The great secret is contained in those amazing words of Jesus when he says who soever welcomes one of these little ones in my name welcomes me.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 14-19, 1984. Jean Vanier was the speaker for the event.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: One of the sufferings of our communities is littleness. When we welcome people with their fragility, etc, we know there is no miracle cure to come. Our life is made up of very little things that can be done with love.

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: Q & A Session

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.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Covenant retreats are the ones I feel most at home with. In some way we are all living the same reality. So I sense I can share at a deeper level. For me also it�s a privilege to come to N.A. as I am a lot in France. Just to be with you and share with you. To give you my own preoccupations, which I will share some of them with you tonight. But just to be bonded together in our common call.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat from October 10-16, 1990. The retreat took place in North Bay, ON.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Last night was precious. To see how we are all called into a covenant and living a covenant. And some are being asked to announce it. It�s been very good for me to be with you. It�s important for me to give covenant retreats. I am touched by how L�Arche is growing in North America, a world where it is not easy to live L�Arche with all its struggles and difficulties. At seems evident that God is present. So I just wanted to thank you for this week.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: In the formula we have developed in L�Arche we say, �You are invited to live a covenant of love in L�Arche with Jesus and with all your brother and sisters, especially the poorest and weakest. Do you want this?� We are invited to live a covenant of love and communion. I want through the days of the retreat to point to the person of Jesus so we could ask ourselves the question, �Who are you?�

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today we will enter into the story of the prodigal son. I live at Daybreak with Henri Nouwen who has written a book on the prodigal son and we have talked about it a lot. So many of my ideas are not my own. Today is the day of reconciliation and once we go there we will run into our great resistance to change. Reconciliation is a change of heart.

Item consist of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Sr. Sue Mosteller at a Covenant Retreat from October 28 - November 2, 1991, in Belgium.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Today we want to talk about the washing of the feet, which is a sacred time. It�s an act that we have not begun to understand really. But I sense more and more that it has significance for us.

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: I want to talk now about loss and put loss in the perspective of the lives of people with a mental handicap. I will start with the three key words from the work of John Bulbee: attachment, separation and loss.

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: I am giving my own vision based on my experience but we are all entitled to our vision as these topics are so personal. You are free people as you listen to me. Today the theme is sex and death. Now why do I choose this. We looked at the beginning with our birth, then this long pilgrimage towards death. A fact of life. For humans the two dominating realities are sex and death. They will be the basis of most of our trials. And thus there are greatest opportunities to make acts of faith and hope in 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: I am happy to have this opportunity to explore with you this gift of celibacy, especially in L'Arche. I would like to start with reality that God is calling us to love and to be loved. God wants to fulfill us and wants us to be fully human, each one of us. So our vocation, each of us, as a child of God is a vocation to love. For some of us this means marriage and of others this path is celibacy.

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: The cry comes from the pit, coming up from what is deepest in us--the pain of the child, the cry of anger, the cry of all oppressed people. Then the answer: God comes down. To be followers of Jesus, there is only one way--to go down. Going down into our own poverty. So the cry is the cry of every human being and its our cry too. And we have to learn to own it, which is difficult because in our world we are not allowed to cry, especially men. But if we can touch our weakness and cry, then we can begin to see where our salvation comes from.

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: I want to share more today about conflict and go deeper into conflict. Why did the passion of Jesus happen? This man was so good! Why was he totally rejected by everyone? What was the dynamics behind all of this? Why did Pilate do what he did? Peter? Judas? the Crowd? All of this is the conflict of conflicts. But can we discover that all of these dynamics are in me too?

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 Two (con't) We must be compelled by the dignity of personhood to respond to the needs of others. Christ is in all of us. If we see that, then justice it's a radical proposition concerning human dignity. Would it be possible to treat you as Christ, as Mother Theresa does? How do we make this a reality? We have to labor for justice. Put ourselves on the line. Talk Three: This word poverty is often confusing to people. It would be good to clarify this. One kind is dehumanization, which is evil. Christ came to change this and calls us to change it too. We are never meant to live in destitution. Next. is death is all its forms, for death is not a good thing. Christ only accepted death to change death. So that we could say "death where is thy sting?"

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: It is a joy and rich experience to be here with you. We have many things in common. I will start by giving you some of my background. I was born in Australia and joined the Jesuits there. I was sent to India after novitiate in 1954 sand was ordained there in 1963. Mother Theresa had started in Calcutta earlier. She felt there should be a group of men doing the same kind of work. She started the men's congregation in 1963.

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: Whenever you approach a scripture passage, generally we should ask 6 questions: 1) What do the words mean? 2) Is there any important historical background? 3) What is the theological content? 4) Is the passage in a strategic place in the gospel? 5) How does the passage relate to my own personal life? and 6) How does the passage challenge us as church or society? Today we will talk about discipleship.

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.

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: Church should be about the liberation of spirits. Liberation speaks of new structures, that is the elimination of structures which dehumanize and the creation of structures which liberate people and set them free. The age of service acts is over (e.g. Christmas baskets, etc.) and the age of servant people is here.

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 want to begin with the human heart. It is really important for us at L'Arche to realize that our point of departure is there. I will tell you why. Because when you are hurting, there are either of two situations in front of us. Either we can seek true healing through relationships or we can run away from the hurt into other realities like violence or depression.

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 obvious to have fecundity, it's just not a question of placing the seed in the womb or in the earth. To be fecund is also the relationship between the man and woman and between them and the child. It is a long process. Everything in our lives is based on love. We go through a long process of relationship growing up. The backbone of our psychology is this love.

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: Tape begins with a song. I am interested in the issue of whole heartedness. The person who explains it best to be is Tagore, the Bengali poet. He writes poem stories. We tend to cut down the gospels into little fragments. Whole heartedness means "all together," but not all at once. Let every area of one's life be touched. It doesn't mean we are changed so much that we no longer have any struggles. Or no longer have any thoughts or fears. You are people of faith in midst of struggle. You are willing to let faith touch every area of your lives. Then every area becomes transformed over time. But usually we only give little tiny pieces away.

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: Tape starts with a song. I have been asked to talk about the Interlude in France. In a way I am going to idealize the situation. I like to bring up key words or themes. Words form our consciousness. It's important to hold onto certain words. Also it's important to be conscious of minorities. It's a question of culture; so it's important to listen to minorities.

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 feel a bit overwhelmed sitting here with Sue. If I am able to say something today, it's things from my own experience. I will share a few reflections and then Sue will speak too. Telling stories and remembering is really important in families, in L'Arche, etc. It can be hard to share some stories because there can be a lot of emotion at times. Yet it is amazing how much impact we have on one another.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Renewal event in Courchevel, France, in July 1980.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk

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: My theme is hope. If you will permit me I will share some of my recent journeys. Maybe it will help you to realize how privileged you are and what your responsibility is.

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: Chapter 13 starts with Jesus "knowing" his hour had come, which is a look into the consciousness of Jesus. The whole gospel is about the transformation of consciousness. He is now going to cross over the cosmos and return to the Father. Now the great image is going to be love as he loved people to the very end. We should not be sentimental about this love. It is the offering of our live into the hands of God. Given to God for others.

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: The hour with the disciples had come and he washed their feet. He poured his own consciousness over them, the gift of his I Am. Then he commanded them to love one another as I have loved you. In Chapter 14 he goes into "let not your hearts be troubled". He has given them a vision both they can't live it yet. Now he is going to tell them the mystery of how obedience to that command will become possible.

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 think it is important to say this. Christians don't believe in life "after" death because there is no "after" death. It's the wrong word. "After" is a time word. What Christians really believe is life through death.

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: Our theme is not an easy one. I want to approach the theme from 3 points of view: 1) the relationship to others; 2) the relationship to our self; and 3) the relationship to Christ. But these are not three separate dimensions. But look at them as three aspects of a unity, Aspects that are important to separate in terms of our understanding the dynamics, but not as being separate aspects of life.

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: What I would like to do is to say where I am at, at this time after our first three weeks. What I have picked up and what I have learnt. I will start at the beginning and share what I have lived and what worked well or not as well as we hoped.

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 #1: I want to stress as we start on this Sunday evening the possibility of relaxing and being still in the course of these days. Let us be clear that this is for the Lord. Because it is for him, let us give ourselves to him. We just have to be ourselves and take ourselves as we are. Just be with he Lord, trusting the Lord is with us and trusting God's love for us. Talk #2: I want to introduce myself and then go on to some more particular thoughts. Whether you get something from me is immaterial because it is about the working of the Spirit. I believe that prayer is the foundation of my life now from which action comes.

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 #5: We can't always understand the pattern of God in our lives. It's hard to tell what is progress and what is not. It's like climbing a mountain; to get to the next peak, you have to go down again first. The marvellous thing about the love of God is that he leaves us free, like the Prodigal Son. Let's now look at relationships of Jesus with some of the people he encountered. Talk #6: We have been talking about vocation and we have seen it first and foremost in the fact that God loves us and in his call to us, which we find in the still , small whisper of God. Today we will look at Mary because she shows us herself through the gospels, though we know little about her. But from Luke we can say she was a person of prayer who was ready to accept what the angel announced to her.

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 #9: I want to talk today about community. Jesus goes out and chooses people. He goes beyond just picking fishermen. At L'Arche diversity is a challenge too in building small communities. It's not going to be easy, especially with our prejudices. Talk # 10: During this retreat I have been coming to you like St. Paul in 1Cor:2. "The only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and him as the crucified Christ." etc. That has been my goal that you rest a bit in the Lord , which I hope has been different for you from the rest of the Renewal. What I hope will continue for you in your life is what comes in Chapter 3 of Ephesians v. 16-21.

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 give a lot of practical ideas about celebration. I really believe that at the heart of our communities is something about celebration. This is something for us to look at and deepen. For me, I have the feeling that all of us get busy and preoccupied. I believe the link between busyness and centering has to do with celebration. I am going to try to show what the factors of celebration are.

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: Meditation 5: How do we allow the gospel to penetrate to the core of our society, community and the core of our being? At the Farm Community in Guelph, modelled on L�Arche, we developed 4 ways of being that guide us and I want to share them with you.

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 will share today about the "cry." Maybe we could say that "in the beginning was the cry." The cry is at the heart of change. I want to give some guidelines concerning marginal people as agents of change or as prophetic.

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 talk about the stages of growth, the bindings, the breakages and the refinding new centers. So first the stages of growth and then places of growth 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: Now we come to Chapter 11and the last great sign. Remember we started in chapter 2 with the first sign of transformation. These chapters 2 to 12 have been a series of signs by which Christ revealed his glory and revealed the secret of I Am. Now we come to the last great sign which is raising Lazarus from the tomb.