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Archival description
Fonds · 1968-2012

The fonds consists of administrative, organizational, summary and financial records relating to the Faith and Sharing Federation. The records range in date from 1968 to 2012. The fonds is composed of eight series:

  1. History and Spirit of Faith and Sharing
  2. Documents of the Secretary, North American Committee
  3. Correspondence of the North American Committee
  4. Documents related to participation in the Canadian Conference of Catholic Lay Associations
  5. Faith and Sharing Bulletins
  6. Financial Files
  7. Sound recordings of Retreats
  8. Secondary resources collected by Madeleine Sguin, Secretary of the North American Committee, related to Jean Vanier

The majority of the records are textual however, as indicated, the fonds includes almost 200 recordings of retreats, including many talks by founder Jean Vanier.

Faith and Sharing Federation
L'Arche Trosly-Breuil fonds
Fonds · 1985-2008, predominant 1985-1986

Henri J.M. Nouwen was a close friend of Jean Vanier and was invited to join the L'Arche Trosly-Breuil and was an active member of their community from August 1985 to May 1986. His experiences at Trosly-Breuil are published in his work, "The Road to Daybreak". The fonds consists of eleven audio cassettes of lectures and retreats given by Nouwen. The fonds also contains one compact disc of photographs of various subjects, including Nouwen. The records range in date from 1985 to 2008.
The Fonds has been organized into two series:

  1. Sound Recordings
  2. Photographs
Arche Trosly-Breuil (Association)
L'Arche Daybreak fonds
Fonds · 1969-2009

This fonds consists of organizational, administrative, and community records. The records range in date from 1969-2009.
Fonds has been organized into nine series:

  1. Community Council Files
  2. Community Files
  3. Deceased Core Member Files
  4. Development Director Files
  5. Property Files
  6. Homes Coordinator Files
  7. Director - Board of Director Files
  8. Director - Financial Files
  9. Director - General Files
Arche Daybreak (Association)