File 9 - Prayer and Solitude / Henri Nouwen

5 audio cassettes

File consists of a recording of a talk given by Nouwen on the topics of prayer and solitude. This talk was likely given at the Community of Celebration conference at Woodland Park, CO from June 23-26, 1980. This was a theological conference. Nouwen spoke on the connection between theology and prayer, the importance of prayer, and the importance of listening. He also spoke about how he has enjoyed being a part of a community while being at the conference, and says "I have never lived in a community or been part of one." He asked the listeners to tell him what they "most want this week to be," as he wants to help them be successful. He also begins with a discussion on the origins of the word theology, "theology's deepest meaning is prayer," and discusses the reason that he likes that they have called their conference a theological conference, because of theology's connection to prayer.

It is possible that the five volumes of cassettes for this item contain multiple talks given by Nouwen on different days of the conference.

Title based on contents of the item.
See Henri Nouwen fonds - Manuscripts - Talks and Sermons - Drafts of Collected Sermons and Lectures - "Prayer as Listening" (M48), for notes for a sermon at Woodland Park that are very similar to the first talk on the tapes.
See Henri Nouwen fonds - General Files - Letters from Ernest Priest (member of the Fisherfolk community), box 202, file 2772, for a transcript featuring a summary of Nouwen's talks at the theological conference.

Added by T Wong, 25 March 2021