![]() ![]() ![]() Nouwen was ordained a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Utrecht on July 21, 1957, by Bernardus Alfrink at St. His year at the school was spent preparing for six years of study for the priesthood, consisting of training in philosophy and theology, at the major seminary in Rijsenburg. Nouwen studied at the Jesuit Aloysius College in The Hague before spending a year at the minor seminary in Apeldoorn. : 16–17 His younger brother Paul Nouwen was a prominent Dutch businessman and his uncle Toon Ramselaar was a Roman Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Utrecht and a co-founder of the Service International de Documentation Judéo-Chrétienne. Nouwen's father was a tax lawyer and his mother worked as a bookkeeper for her family's business in Amersfoort. He was the oldest of four children born to Laurent J. M. Henri Nouwen was born in Nijkerk, the Netherlands on January 24, 1932. ![]()
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