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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: Do not judge and you will not be judged. Be compassionate. Forgive and you will be forgiven. The gift of Jesus to our world today is the gift of compassion. One of the realities of compassion is to discover the covenant.

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: When we look at the gospels one of the things that seems very clear is that God responds to our thirst. �Let he who is thirsty, come to me to drink�. There is a link between the revelation of God and our thirst. And what are we thirsty for?

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: The gift of Jesus to humanity is forgiveness. A very specific gift to everyone.

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: I want to talk about another meeting in the gospel of John between Jesus and another woman. The only thing that is important is that we meet Jesus and that we live that experience of a covenant with him.

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.

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.

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.

File consists of 10 audio cassettes from a Faith and Sharing Retreat held in Kansas City, [MO]. The cassettes feature talks by Jean Vanier.

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 go deeper into our meeting with Jesus, which is the font of our hope. It�s true that when we have that deep experience that we are loved as we are today with our fragilities, fears, angers and depression, we realize that our God loves us so much he wants to make his home in us.

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: Recently I met the community of the Transfiguration and its founder John Halsey in Scotland. It was called this because the feast of the Transfiguration was also a moment of great pain, the anniversary of the first atomic bomb. John said to us: �Either we will walk on the poor and end up with an atomic explosion or we will walk with the poor and end up with the Transfiguration.�

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 love that text we just read about those who leave everything get a hundred fold. It can be painful at times. Jesus slips in �with persecutions�. But that is what was are called to live. To lose, but to gain. To celebrate the gain, find we are persecuted and then receive eternal life.

File consists of 14 videocassettes featuring talks given at a Faith and Sharing Retreat in August 1985.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given at a Faith and Sharing Retreat in August 1985.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given at a Faith and Sharing Retreat in August 1985.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given at a Faith and Sharing Retreat in August 1985.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given at a Faith and Sharing Retreat in August 1985.

Item consists of 1 videocassette featuring a talk given at a Faith and Sharing Retreat in August 1985.

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: Perhaps in living this week together we have become conscious that L�Arche is very much a gift from God. The stone which was rejected has become the corner stone. This vision which has been given to us is not easily accepted or recognized by everyone. The people in our communities are the gift we have received.

File consists of letters, including a photo card, from Jean Vanier, including a typescript about L'Arche.

File consists of letters from Jean Vanier.

Item consists of a framed black and white photograph of Jean Vanier, Mother Teresa, and an unidentified nun (wearing the same striped habit as Mother Teresa). The two women are smiling, and Jean Vanier appears to be laughing. The group is walking outside.

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".

File consists of a letter and a form letter from Don McNeill, of the Center for Social Concerns (Notre Dame, IN), including a copy of a letter from McNeill to Jean Vanier, a copy of a newspaper article about Vanier and a booklet regarding the Center.

File consists of a letter from Jean Vanier of L'Arche Internationale regarding the enclosed draft agenda and participants of the second Spirituality Commission.

File consists of a letter from Martin Vernooy, writing from Madras, India, which also contains a paragraph written by Jean Vanier, who was visiting there. File also includes a copy of a typed letter from Nouwen.

File consists of personal correspondence to Henri Nouwen from Jean Vanier and reference material regarding Jean Vanier. Included is a “Tribute to Jean Vanier”; a “Report on the Mission to Daybreak to Evaluate the Place of Henri Nouwen as Priest of the Community by Fr. David Rothrock, Jean-Christophe Pascale and Jean Vanier”; copies of letters from Gail Stevenson to Jean Vanier regarding her daughter; a copy of “Jean Vanier’s Eulogy at Henri Nouwen’s Funeral”; contact information for Vanier’s assistant Barbara Swanekamp; and an email from Asmund Bjornstad to Sue Mosteller regarding the nomination of Vanier for the Nobel Peace Prize accompanied by proposal and Vanier’s curriculum vitae.

Second file folder consists of reference material regarding Jean Vanier’s participation as the leader of the Vigil at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury. Included is promotional material and articles about the event; copies of the transcripts from Vanier’s first and second vigils; and a copy of an August 1998 letter written by Vanier to the L’Arche International community in which he mentions the Lambeth Conference.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in April 1982.

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

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in April 1982.

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

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: ???

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier and Mario Galeazzi at an Assistants' Retreat in Toronto, ON, in August 1982.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier and Mario Galeazzi at an Assistants' Retreat in Toronto, ON, in August 1982.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier and Mario Galeazzi at an Assistants' Retreat in Toronto, ON, in August 1982.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier and Mario Galeazzi at an Assistants' Retreat in Toronto, ON, in August 1982.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: We will go on with our Samaritan woman, a fragile woman belonging to a despised group. We ended earlier with Jesus promising that there will be a well of life in her which will nourish people�.an extraordinary revelation to this woman with her negative self image of not being good enough and unlovable. To discover that Jesus is saying to her "trust in me and you will give life."

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier at an Assistants' Retreat in Erie, PA, in August 1984.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: When we look at the Gospels one thing that is very clear is that God responds to our thirst. "Those who are thirsty, come to me to drink." In our lives we have to enter the dessert to learn about our thirst. I encourage you to penetrate into the dessert so that our souls thirst for God.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier and Mario Galeazzi at an Assistants' Retreat in Toronto, ON, in August 1982.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier on October 20, 1990, most likely during a retreat for Assistants at l'Arche Daybreak.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: There are many different types of loss. I think of David who lost his mother or John who lost his work. We talked before about the death of Bill & Frank. And there is the loss of assistants. Why do they leave? Then there is the losses which are more subtle, like the loss of self-image or self esteem.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given by Jean Vanier on October 20, 1990, most likely during a retreat for Assistants at l'Arche Daybreak.

Content notes (or transcription) from beginning of the recording: The title of this talk is "Staying in L'Arche long term". I will tell you the secret. It's about rest. Do you know what rest is? It is the awakening of new energy. Because everything is around energy. Where do we get our energy?

The series consists of Faith and Sharing bulletins for the years 1977 to 2012. The bulletins generally contain a short letter of introduction by the Secretary and the Co-ordinator of the Faith and Sharing Federation, agendas for retreats and lists of participants. After 1979 the newsletters contain the minutes of meetings for the Executive Committee. The bulletin often features letters written by attendees of the retreats regarding their experiences, regional news items and copies of letters written by Jean Vanier and other members of the Faith and Sharing Federation regarding their experiences and reflections on the work of the Faith and Sharing Federation and the L'Arche communities. Also included in the series are reports of accounting balance sheets for the bulletins for the years 1997 to 2011.

The series consists of monographs (in the form of letters) written by Jean Vanier regarding his work with L' Arche 1972-1979, correspondence regarding the financing of Faith and Sharing retreats 1972, and articles and newspaper clippings from Canadian newspapers on Jean Vanier and his work with the Faith and Sharing Federation 1972-1974.

Item consists of a photograph of Nouwen standing in a classroom with his hand on Jean Vanier's shoulder after introduction of Vanier to his Christian Spirituality students at Harvard Divinity School.

Item consists of one photograph of Jean Vanier. He is looking to his right with his hands in his pockets and appears to be talking. He is standing outside amidst a pile of scrap wood. He is wearing a beige scarf and black jacket over a sweater and collared shirt.

Item consists of one photograph of Jean Vanier. He is standing outside in front of a window and is smiling at the camera. He is wearing a beige scarf and black jacket over a sweater and collared shirt.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette of the Regional Meeting in Erie, PA, in May 1979.

File consists of letters from Jean Vanier, writing from Trosly-Breuil, France, and a typed letter from Nouwen.

File consists of a letter from Jean Vanier and a copy of his article "A Wound Deep in Man's Heart".

File consists of an article by Jean Vanier and a newspaper clipping about him.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a recording of a talk given at the Regional Meeting in Waterloo, ON, in May 1983.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat held from April 5-11, 1981.

Item consists of 1 audio cassette featuring a talk given at a Covenant Retreat held from April 5-11, 1981.