Item 1563 - Solitude not withdrawl

Identity area

Reference code

CA ON00389 F4-9-1-1563

Title

Solitude not withdrawl

Date(s)

  • August 16, 1974 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 p. of textual records

Context area

Name of creator

(1932-1996)

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This item consists of a half-page article by Henri Nouwen entitled ‘Solitude not withdrawal’ published in the National Catholic Reporter, August 16, 1974, p. 11. In this article Nouwen is continuing his focus on the difference between loneliness and solitude and the importance of solitude as the ‘place’ from which each human being acts. He begins by stating ‘The movement from loneliness to solitude is not a movement of a growing withdrawal but instead a movement toward a deeper engagement on the burning issues of our time’. ‘As long as I am trying to run away from my loneliness I am constantly looking for distraction…’. Nouwen points to the need to be ‘fully aware of my world and very alert so all that is and happens can become part of my constant meditation and can be molded in the center of my solitude into a free and fearless response’. Nouwen suggests finally, that ‘in my solitude, my history no longer can remain a random collection of disconnected incidents and accidents but has to become a constant call for the change of heart and mind’.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Generated finding aid

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Note

      Published in National Catholic Reporter, 16 August 1974, p. 11.
      There is a head shot photo of Nouwen, taken by Ron van den Bosch. See P6433 on Page 11 of Album 3 for a full-size version of the photo.
      8/16/74 is written in green ballpoint ink at the top of the page.
      This article was published in a revised form in Chapter 3,entitled A Creative Response, in Nouwen, Henri, Reaching Out: The three movements of the spiritual life, published by Image Books, Doubleday, N.Y, 1975.

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Accession Number

      2000 02

      Location

      Box 294

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description control area

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Added by L Joson, 7 November 2017

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area