File 24 - Interview with Father James T. Burtchaell CSC

0.6 cm of textual records. - 1 computer disk. - 3 micro videocassettes (ca. 3hrs). – 2 videocassttes (ca. 3hrs). - 2 audio cassettes (ca. 3hrs).

File consists of an interview with Father James T. Burtchaell CSC interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at Casa Santa Cruz (Phoenix, AZ). Burtchaell is a Catholic Priest and Theology professor at Casa Santa Cruz. Burtchaell was a colleague of Nouwen's at Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN). Burtchaell recounts Nouwen performing Mass at Dillion Hall Chapel at Notre Dame, speaking and preaching and visiting Burtchaell at Southdown (Aurora, ON), a therapeutic facility for members of religious communities. Themes present in Burtchaell's interview include Holy Cross Priests, alcoholism, The Menninger Foundation, the departments of Theology and Psychology at Notre Dame, Nouwen as incandescent and Nouwen and academia. The file also includes a letter from Burtchaell to Joe Vorstermans about his interview experience; it includes a passage Burtchaell wrote about Nouwen after his death. 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 (v3-v5).
The audiovisual material has been removed from the file and rehoused in audio cassettes box, micro videocassettes box 15 and VHS box 12. Reference copies of the audio cassettes are available (located with original).

Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018