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In his books and in private conversations, Nouwen had always expressed a desire to be buried with the friends he lived with at L鈥橝rche Daybreak in Richmond Hill, Ont.

In 1996 a plot at Sacred Heart was donated by the Augustinian Fathers. With plans then hatching to expand Sacred Heart Cemetery, the L鈥橝rche community had hoped to make Sacred Heart the usual graveyard for L鈥橝rche core members.

As it turned out however, plans to expand Sacred Heart were scrapped and there were no more plots available after Nouwen was buried.

That left Nouwen stranded alone at Sacred Heart while the friends he had known and written about were buried in St. John鱿鱼视频app 鈥� which is closer to L鈥橝rche Daybreak and where the community had been able to buy 20 plots to accommodate the needs of an aging group.

鈥淎ctually it was his family who requested (the move),鈥� said Sr. Sue Mosteller, executor of Nouwen鱿鱼视频app estate. 鈥淭hey knew his desire, and so his brother was here in the summer and went up to the (Sacred Heart) cemetery. He said, 鈥業 just feel badly because we haven鈥檛 really done what Henri asked.鈥� 鈥�

鱿鱼视频app 100 L鈥橝rche members and friends gathered at the new grave to pray, sprinkle holy water and remember Nouwen. He is buried among four of his friends.

鈥淚t would be wonderful if it could have been a Catholic cemetery,鈥� said Mosteller. 鈥淭hat would be good.鈥�

But it was Henri鱿鱼视频app desires, and his family鱿鱼视频app wish to honour those desires, that made St. John鱿鱼视频app the right final resting place, said Mosteller.

Canon law requires Catholics be buried in consecrated ground, blessed by a priest in communion with a Catholic bishop. The Anglican diocese of Toronto said it has not received any request to reconsecrate the ground where Nouwen is now buried. The cemetery ground was consecrated by an Anglican bishop when it was established. The church at 12125 Yonge St. has been serving Richmond Hill since 1848.

There are Catholics around the world buried in public and Protestant cemeteries. Burial in an Anglican cemetery should not be an issue, said Fr. Damian MacPherson, the archdiocese of Toronto office of ecumenism and interfaith affairs director.

鈥淚 just think it鱿鱼视频app not an issue,鈥� MacPherson said. 鈥淲hether he鱿鱼视频app in a public cemetery or a Protestant cemetery, his salvation is assured.鈥�

There are Nouwen admirers who come to visit the grave, though the numbers aren鈥檛 great, said Mosteller. L鈥橝rche鱿鱼视频app woodworking shop restored an old wooden bench and placed it next to the plot for visitors.

Nouwen鱿鱼视频app 40 books seem to have as large an audience today as they ever had, said Mosteller. His books are translated into 22 languages and published in 52 countries around the world.

鈥淭he books are selling. The translations are flying,鈥� said Mosteller. 鈥淗e continues to be a well-loved author. He has touched a chord in certain people.鈥�