Henri Nouwen Society launches Web site dedicated to late author

Published: 2004-08-23

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The Henri Nouwen Society has launched a new Web site at www.henrinouwen.org that offers daily meditations, weekly reflections and discussion guides based on the writings of the prolific priest-author who died in 1996. The society, with offices in New York and Toronto, was established in 1998 to extend Father Nouwen's spiritual and literary legacy and to provide a means for people from a variety of backgrounds to build Christian community. The Web site also offers an innovative spiritual direction program called Mentors for Spiritual Growth, through which spiritual growth is supported by e-mail or telephone. An events calendar lists reading groups and retreats throughout North America, including locations, themes and contact information. Currently Nouwen reading groups are meeting in New York; Minocqua, Wis.; and Chestnut Hill, Mass. Father Nouwen, who was born in Holland in 1932, wrote more than 40 books on the spiritual life.

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