File 5081 - Letters from Jim Forest

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CA ON00389 F4-2-5081

Title

Letters from Jim Forest

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  • March - December 1991 (Creation)

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0.6 cm of textual records

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Name of creator

Nouwen, Henri J.M.
(1932-1996)

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University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, Special Collections

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File consists of six letters from Jim Forest (two from Jim and Nancy, one of these on Orthodox Peace Fellowship letterhead), copies of two typed letters of response from Connie Ellis, Nouwen's administrative assistant, the February 1991 issue of a Dutch publication Kerk in Oost-Europa (De Heraut), a copy of a list of talks given by Forest, and the December 1991 issue of Occasional Paper (newsletter of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship).
File also includes a letter (both the original and a copy) from Fr. Conrad Hoover, C.O., inviting Nouwen to be a Cardinal Newman lecturer at The Oratory (Rock Hill, SC) in 1993 or 1994, a copy of a typed letter of response from Ellis, a copy of a typed letter from Nouwen declining the invitation, and a copy of a typed memo to Joe Vorstermans from Nouwen regarding the letter from Hoover.
File also includes a letter from Forest addressed to Connie and co-workers at Daybreak regarding Romanian refugees Jenica and Mihai Ioana hoping to resettle in Canada, a copy of a letter from Mihai to the pastor of the Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour in London, Ontario, a copy of the Ioana's curriculum vitaes, a copy of a typed letter of response from Ellis, and a copy of a typed memo [from Ellis] to Joe Vorstermans regarding the Ioanas.

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      henri-nouwen-fonds.pdf

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      2000 01

      Location

      Box 127 File 7327

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Added by L Joson, 24 April 2020

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