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Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (Nouen), (1932–1996) was a Dutch-born Catholic priest and writer who authored 40 books on the spiritual life. Nouwen's books are widely read today by Protestants and Catholics alike. The Wounded Healer, In the Name of Jesus, Clowning in Rome, The Life of the Beloved, and The Way of the Heart are just a few of the more widely recognized titles. After nearly two decades of teaching at the Menninger Foundation Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and at the University of Notre Dame, Yale University and Harvard University, he went to share his life with mentally handicapped people at the L'Arche community of Daybreak in Toronto, Canada. After a long period of declining energy, which he chronicled in his final book, Sabbatical Journey, he died in September 1996 from a sudden heart attack. His spirituality was influenced by many, notably by his friendship with Jean Vanier. At the invitation of Vanier he visited L'Arche in France, the first of over 130 communities around the world where people with developmental disabilities live and share life together with those who care for them. In 1986 Nouwen accepted the position of pastor for a L'Arche community called "Daybreak" in Canada, near Toronto. Nouwen wrote about his relationship with Adam, a core member at L'Arche Daybreak with profound developmental disabilities, in a book titled Adam: God's Beloved. Father Nouwen was a good friend of the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. The results of a Christian Century magazine survey conducted in 2003 indicate that Nouwen's work was a first choice of authors for Catholic and mainline Protestant clergy. One of his most famous works is Inner Voice of Love, his diary from December 1987 to June 1988 during one of his most serious bouts with clinical depression. There is a Father Henri J. M. Nouwen Catholic Elementary School in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Readings for Lent and Easter
2026
2026
Readings for Advent & Christmas: Readings for Advent and Christmas by Annie Dillard, Thomas Merton, C. S. Lewis, Henri J. M. Nouwen, John Donne, Meister Eckhart, Dorothy Day, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Edith Stein, Thomas Aquinas, Phili...
2026
2025
2023
Connecting with God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence
2023
A 42-Day Devotional in Company with Henri J. M. Nouwen
2022
An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom
2022
2021
2021
2020
Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety
2019
Letters on the Spiritual Life
2016
A Special Two-in-One Volume, including Home Tonight
2016
Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen
2016
The Henri Nouwen Spirituality Series
2012
2012
2011
2011
Reading the Signs of Daily Life
2011
A Combined Edition of the Nouwen Classics "In Memoriam" and "A Letter of Consolation"
2010
Following the Movements of the Spirit
2010
2009
Further Reflections on the Parable of the Prodigal Son
2009
Meditations from the Road
2008
Henri Nouwen in Conversation
2007
Exploring Our Christian Identity
2006
Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith
2006
A Spiritual Perspective
2005
2005
Weaving Sorrows And Blessings into One Joyful Step
2005
Daily Scripture and Prayers together with Nouwen's Own Words
2004
Spiritual Reflection
2004
A Spiritual Journey Through the Church's Year
2003
Readings for Lent and Easter
2002
2002
365 Daily Readings and Meditations for Spiritual Living: A Devotional
2002
A Gospel
2001
2001
2001
2001
Pathways to Life and the Spirit
2001
1999
1999
The Diary of His Final Year
1998
Dvasinis gyvenimas šiuolaikiniame pasaulyje
1998
Writings on Peace and Justice
1998
Readings and Reflections
1997
God's Beloved
1997
The Genesee Diary, Gracias!, the Road to Daybreak
1997
