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.
Item consists of 1 audio cassettes from a Faith and Sharing Retreat in April 1978. The talk on this item is by Jean Vanier, "Hearing the Cry of the Poor." There are 4 volumes (v1-v4).
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The Jewish people under the yoke of the Egyptians were an opposed and wounded people. It was the groaning of slavery. A people who were opposed. And God heard their call and groaning.
Item consists of 1 audio cassettes from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from November 25-30, 1979, led by Jean Vanier. All volumes feature talks by Jean Vanier.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: French talk
Item consists of 1 audio cassette from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held from August 15-20, 1981 at Emmaus House in West Wickham, Kent, UK. The leader was Fr. Bill Clarke.
Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: Talk #3: We long to meet Jesus. But there is a fear in us about deeper relationship. Fear of being hurt or what the other might ask of me. Yet there is a longing and need we have for communion with Jesus. There is a tension between what we long for, but also fear. Talk #4: The heart of Jesus is a welcoming heart, which listens for the cry of the poor. Jesus is eager to welcome us as we are, as we come. We need to trust this welcome and to let go of our false images of God as judge.
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�s a grace that L�Arche has become so international. In different ways we discover more deeply the mystery of L�Arche when it is lived out in different cultures. One thing we discover is that the heart of L�Arche is this very unique gift of relationship, which is true everywhere in L�Arche. The people at the core of our communities really create the spirit of welcome and intimacy. The spirit of being in touch with one�s poverty and the truth of that.
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: We all long for forgiveness. This episode of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery is really a beautiful invitation to meet and to be touched by the loving compassion of pour God in Jesus. We see the importance of the gift and grace of knowing our sinfulness, of knowing our need for God, of knowing our need for forgiveness, There is really only one reason that we would want to know about our sinfulness. It is so that we would indeed know more deeply the tender mercy of God.
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 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 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 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.
