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Reflect Drawn from a wide range of Henri Nouwen’s writing, these short meditations will inspire and guide your mind and heart.


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The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust

The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust is the owner of the copyrights in the Works of Henri J.M. Nouwen.  Its purpose is to provide a stable, ongoing entity to care for the legacy of Henri J.M. Nouwen.

Please note new contact information:

The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust
c/o The Sisters of St. Joseph
10 Montcrest Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario M4K 1J7
Telephone:  416-462-1331 ext 240
legacytrust@henrinouwen.org

Permissions and Translations
In nearly all cases Henri Nouwen’s books are still in print and are under contract to publishers.  In most cases the publishers control the rights to use excerpts.  Information concerning these rights can be obtained from the various publishers, below:

Although Dutch and German rights are controlled by the Trust for many books, in most cases translation rights have been granted to the various publishers and are controlled by them.  A list of the publishers for the Nouwen Works along with the contact information for translation rights is below:

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 Ave Maria Press  

  • Behold the Beauty of the Lord
  • Out of Solitude
  • With Open Hands
  • Can You Drink the Cup?
  • Heart Speaks to Heart
  • In Memoriam

Rights and Permissions webpage: 
https://www.avemariapress.com/rights-and-permissions/

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 Crossroad Publishing

  • In the Name of Jesus
  • Show Me the Way
  • Finding My Way Home
  • Encounters With Merton
  • Life of the Beloved
  • Beyond the Mirror
  • Sabbatical Journey
  • Here and Now
  • Our Second Birth

Translation Rights
Books Crossing Borders
Phone  212.840.0400 
Email  info@bookscrossringborders.com

Permissions
Copyright Clearance Center
222 Rosewood Drive
Danvers MA 01923
Phone  978.750.8400
Fax  978.646.8600
Email  info@copyright.com
Website  www.copyright.com

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 Doubleday Religion (Random House)

  • A Cry for Mercy
  • Aging (co-authored)
  • The Return of the Prodigal Son
  • Creative Ministry
  • Clowning in Rome
  • Lifesigns
  • Compassion (co-authored)
  • The Inner Voice of Love
  • The Wounded Healer
  • The Road to Daybreak
  • Reaching Out
  • The Genesee Diary
  • Seeds of Hope
  • Home Tonight

Translation Rights
For translation and reprint rights, please call the Random House general information number at 212/782-9000 and request to be connected to the subsidiary rights department of the specific imprint.

Permissions
http://www.randomhouse.com/about/permissions.html

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 HarperOne (HarperCollins Publishers)

  • Letters to Marc About Jesus
  • Our Greatest Gift
  • Bread for the Journey
  • Spiritual Direction
  • Intimacy
  • Making All Things New
  • Letter of Consolation
  • Gracias!
  • Way of the Heart
  • The Living Reminder
  • Spiritual Formation

Subsidiary Rights webpage: 
http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/subRights.aspx

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 Orbis Books 

  • With Burning Hearts
  • Love in a Fearful Land
  • Peacework
  • Adam:  God’s Beloved
  • The Selfless Way of Christ
  • The Road to Peace
  • Walk With Jesus

Rights and Permissions
Doris Goodnough
Price Bldg., Box 302
Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302
Fax: 914.941.7005
dgoodnough@maryknoll.org

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Thomas Nelson (W Publishing)

  • Turn My Mourning Into Dancing

Webpage containing Foreign Rights information: 
http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/dept.asp?dept_id=1117900

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Twenty Third Publications

  • Finding Our Sacred Center

Permissions

For permission to use excerpts, please contact The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust at the address above.

For all other queries, please contact Twenty Third Publications. Webpage contact information:
http://store.pastoralplanning.com/

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Upper Room Books 

  • A Spirituality of Fundraising
  • A Spirituality of Caregiving
  • A Spirituality of Living

Permissions

For permission to use excerpts, please contact The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust at the address above or email legacytrust@henrinouwen.org.

For all other queries, please contact Upper Room Books. Webpage contact information:  
http://www.upperroom.org/contact/

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