Nouwen, Henri ___ 1932-1996 ___ Dutch ___ priest

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Nouwen was born in Nijkerk, Holland. He decided when young to enter the priesthood, but also studied psychology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He was ordained as a diocesan priest in 1957. In 1964 he moved to the US to study at the Menninger Clinic. He taught at the University of Notre Dame, and the Divinity Schools of Yale and Harvard. For a short while, in the 1970s, Nouwen lived and worked with Trappist monks in the Abbey of the Genesee; then, in the early 1980s, he lived with poor people in Peru. In 1985 he joined L'Arche in Trosly, France, the first of over 100 communities founded by Jean Vanier where people with developmental disabilities lived with assistants, and then a year later he joined L'Arche Daybreak near Toronto, Canada. He was a prolific author, and published 40 books on spiritual life, several of which were based on his diaries.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Why a monastery is built

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1974-1996g ___ religious self

WEB TEXT LINKS
a few pages
a few pages
about and some extracts

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
University of Toronto's, University of Michael's College

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Road to Daybreak
Sabbatical Journey
The Genesee Diary
 

May 2006, July 2008, April 2013
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