During his seven-month stay at a Trappist monastery, Henri Nouwen had a unique opportunity to explore crucial issues of the spiritual life and discover "a quiet stream underneath the fluctuating affirmations and rejections of my little world." Nouwen participated fully in the daily life of work and prayer of the Abbey of the Genesee in upstate New York. From the early weeks in the abbey-dominated by conflicting desires and concerns-to the final days of Advent, when he finds a new sense of calm expectation.
Henri J.M. Nouwen was a Catholic priest who taught at several theological institutes and universities in his home country of the Netherlands and in the United States. He shared the final years of his life with people with mental and physical disabilities at the L'Arche Daybreak Community in Torronto, Canada. He died in 1996. He authored many books on the spiritual lfie,including Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodial Son.View titles by Henri J. M. Nouwen
During his seven-month stay at a Trappist monastery, Henri Nouwen had a unique opportunity to explore crucial issues of the spiritual life and discover "a quiet stream underneath the fluctuating affirmations and rejections of my little world." Nouwen participated fully in the daily life of work and prayer of the Abbey of the Genesee in upstate New York. From the early weeks in the abbey-dominated by conflicting desires and concerns-to the final days of Advent, when he finds a new sense of calm expectation.
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Henri J.M. Nouwen was a Catholic priest who taught at several theological institutes and universities in his home country of the Netherlands and in the United States. He shared the final years of his life with people with mental and physical disabilities at the L'Arche Daybreak Community in Torronto, Canada. He died in 1996. He authored many books on the spiritual lfie,including Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodial Son.View titles by Henri J. M. Nouwen
