File 32 - Interview with Bob Durback

0.9 cm of textual records. - 1 photograph ; col. : 15 x 10cm. - 1 computer disk. - 3 audio cassettes (ca. 4hrs., 30mins). - 5 micro videocassettes (ca. 4hrs. 30mins). - 2 videocassettes (ca. 4hrs. 30mins).

File consists of an interview with Bob Durback interviewed by Sue Mosteller at Durback's home in Cleveland, OH. Durback is a former monk and retired mail carrier. Durback's first experience with Nouwen was through articles in the National Catholic Reporter and 'With Open Hands'; Durback subsequently met Nouwen at the Genesee Abbey (Piffard, NY) and developed a lifelong friendship with him. Durback recounts visiting Nouwen at Yale, watching him perform the Eucharist and lecture at Yale and celebrating the anniversary of his ordination. Themes present in Durback's interview include failure, Trappist monks, Thomas Merton, prayer life, death, spiritual formation, John Eudes Bamberger, Vincent van Gogh, writing and his publications 'Seeds of Hope', 'Henri Nouwen: In my Own Words' and 'A Retreat with Henri Nouwen'. The interview has been transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.

Title based on contents of the file.
Some videocassettes digitized on 2011 (v1-v5).
The audiovisual material has been removed from the file and rehoused in audio cassettes box 8, micro video cassettes box 15 and VHS box 12.

Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018