File 2251 - Lecture notes and handouts for fall 1994 lecture course

2.5 cm of textual records

File consists of a bound volume of typed lecture summary notes and typed and photocopied handouts, some of which have been annotated by Nouwen. In addition to a course syllabus, class list, small discussion group list, and class schedule, the bound volume has been divided up into 10 sections, each relating to a theme explored in each class, each containing lecture notes and handouts. They are History with God, Concept of the Heart,Claiming our Belovedness, Intercessory Prayer, Community in the Spiritual Life, Forgiveness in Community, Celebration of Community, Compassion in Ministry, Healing in Ministry, and Dying and Ministry.
Photocopied materials by Nouwen include:
-"Solitude and Community", "Prayer and Thought" (from Clowning in Rome)
-"Being the Beloved" (from Life of the Beloved)
-"Jesus the Compassionate God" (from "Letters to Marc about Jesus")
-"God with Us" (from "Compassion")
-"The Wounded Healer"
-"Who We Are" (from "Here and Now: Living in the Spirit")
Other handouts include:
-Kallistos Ware's "The Power of the Name: The Function of the Jesus Prayer"
-Psalm 131
-Igumen Hariton of Valamo's "The Art of Prayer"
-"Meditation" [author unknown]
-Elizabeth O'Connor's "The Covenant Community"
-"Getting into the Ark" [author unknown] (about L'Arche)
-excerpts from Jean Vanier's "Community and Growth"
-excerpts from Elizabeth O'Connor's "Search for Silence"
-excerpts from Stephen Levine's "Healing into Life and Death"
-excerpts from Sheila Cassidy's "Light from the Dark Valley"

"Solitude and Community" is published as part of Nouwen's 1979 publication "Clowning in Rome" and was also a major theme of his lecture series in Rome in 1978. See Manuscripts series - Drafts of Clowning in Rome, box 4, file 18.
"Jesus: the Compassionate God" is Letter 3 of "Letters to Marc about Jesus". See Manuscripts - sub-sub-series Drafts of Letters to Marc about Jesus - files 36 and 37.
"God with Us" is part I of Chapter I (The Compassionate God) of "Compassion" published in 1982. See Manuscripts series - sub-sub-series Compassion, box 36, file 157.

"Being the Beloved" is a section of "Life of the Beloved" published 1992.
"Who We Are" is Chapter XI of "Here and Now: Living in the Spirit: Living in the Spirit" published in 1994.

Title based on contents of the file.

Revised by L Joson, 20 November 2018