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CA ON00389 C3-2-176
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Letters from Patricia Ostrander, OSB
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- 1984-1988, 2001 (Creation)
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File consists of correspondence from Nouwen to Sister Patricia (Connie) Ostrander from 1984 to 1988, inscribed typescripts by Nouwen, and a reflection paper on Nouwen. Nouwen met Ostrander when he stayed at the St. Bede Monastery in Wisconsin for a month when Ostrander was Prioress of the community. Correspondence is handwritten and typed consisting of 2 letters, 1 card, and 4 postcards. File includes 7 article drafts including two that were published posthumously in "Road to Peace" and a theology student's letter to Henri Nouwen by Donna Vande Kieft from 2001. Details on typescripts as follows:
- "Resistance: No longer a child" - annotated, published posthumously in Road to Peace
- "Saying 'Yes': Do not combat the demons directly" - annotated, published posthumously in Road to Peace
- "The Icon of the Descent of the Holy Spirit: A Community of Faith" - inscribed, published in Behold the Beauty of the Lord
- "The Icon of the Virgin of Vladimir: An invitation to belong to god" - inscribed, published in Behold the Beauty of the Lord, February 3, 1985
- "A New Life Among the Handicapped: Farewell to Harvard" - inscribed, September 1986
- "Rublev's Icon of the Trinity: A reflection on the spiritual life" - inscribed
- "Seeing Christ: A meditation on Andrew Rublev's Savior of Zvenigorod" - image taped to cover page
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Box 7
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2021 07
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Added by T Wong, 13 October 2021