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- [distributed between February 19 - March 14, 1985] (Creation)
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File consists of a newspaper titled "The Wind is Rising: Prayer ways for active people". Editors of this newspaper are William R. Callahan, SJ, and Francine Cardman. The publication date is given as 1978. The newspaper has been labelled as #21 and someone has written "please do not hand out - extras at the Carriage house".
A copy of this handout has not been included in the bound volume for this course.
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Handout #19 has been attributed to Francine Cardman as well. See file 2196.
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Introduction to the Spiritual Life (course code 2543), offered during the spring semester of 1985, was the last course Nouwen taught at Harvard Divinity School. It was held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:30 am - 11:00 pm. The course was based on the previous year's course but with the Gospel of John replacing the Gospel of Luke as the core text. The course emphasized the relationship between The Word and spiritual life and the second term used a thematic approach to discuss intimacy, fecundity and ecstasy. Students were asked to keep a journal of reflections on John, class presentations, group debates, and lecture topics. They were also required to attend small group discussions of six to eight people and write a mid-course response. Unlike the 1984 course, students were only required to have two people read their journal and write a response. No grades were given for the course. In March, Nouwen organized a trip to Haiti for four students to assist the L'Arche community there. Teaching Assistants included David LeBlanc, Stephen Pavy, Peter Weiskel, Barbara Ernst, Michael O'Laughlin, and Jim Smith.