O'Rourke, Michelle. <br/><br/>
Befriending death :  Henri Nouwen and a spirituality of dying / 
Michelle O'Rourke. 
 - Maryknoll, NY :  Orbis Books,  2009. 
 - xvi, 144 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / by Sue Mosteller -- Introduction -- Getting to know Henri -- The death of Maria Nouwen -- Living with Adam -- Henri's plunge into darkness -- Henri's brush with death -- His purpose -- Hallmarks of Nouwen's spirituality -- The heart of God -- Community -- Prayer and solitude -- Compassion -- Befriending death -- Claiming our belovedness -- Knowing our belovedness through prayer -- Understanding our life as mission -- Believing that our lives bear fruit -- Dying well -- Reclaiming our childhood -- Recognizing our fruitfulness -- Living our losses -- Turning our mourning into dancing -- Moving from fear to love -- Believing that we do not die alone -- Caring well -- The gift of presence -- The gift of truth -- The ministry of healing -- Sustaining the caregiver -- Caring as a community -- Care for the grieving. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781570758409 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009022202 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Nouwen, Henri J. M.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT825  / .O67 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>242/.4