File 12 - Interview with Jutta Ayer

0.6 cm of textual material. - 2 photographs ; col. : 15 x 10 cm. - 1 computer disk. - 2 audio cassettes : (ca. 3hrs).

File consists of interview with Jutta Ayer interviewed by Gabrielle Earnshaw at the office of the Henri Nouwen Society. Ayer is a retired Chaplain from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Marblehead, MA). Ayer first met Nouwen at an 1983 lecture at Cambridge and subsequently became his student at Harvard and remained his close friend until his death in 1996. Ayer recounts experiences with Nouwen at Harvard, L'Arche Trolsy (France) and L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill). Themes present in Ayer's interview include the Second World War, Jewish persecution, marital separation, the relationship between Catholics and Protestants, performing the Eucharist, the mother figure, rejection, the role of women in the Catholic church and Nouwen's sexuality. The interview has been transcribed and is available electronically and in hard copy.

Access restricted as contents personal; to be reviewed by Archivist.

Title based on contents of the file.
The photographs and audio cassettes have been rehoused and are available in photographs box 7 and audio cassettes box 8. Reference copies of audio cassettes are available (located with originals).

Revised by T Wong, 16 May 2022