My encounter with the truly charismatic founder of L’Arche
There is a new blood test for women considered at risk of having a baby with Down’s syndrome, which analyses foetal DNA. It has been hailed as a “new, non-invasive test” that would avoid around 98 per...
View ArticleReal dignity in dying has nothing to do with euthanasia
My brother, who lives in a L’Arche community alongside members with a learning disability, has given me a booklet entitled “Celebrating Life in the Face of Death”. It is written by L’Arche members as a...
View ArticleFounder of L’Arche is given Catholic peace award
Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, an international federation of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together, is to receive the Pacem in Terris Peace and...
View ArticleThe witness of communities like L’Arche is a profound and necessary one for...
I have just read the interview with Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, in the Herald last week. By coincidence, I have been reading a book about the spiritual meaning behind L’Arche by the late,...
View ArticleJean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, wins Templeton Prize
Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, has won the 2015 Templeton Prize. Mr Vanier, 86, was in attendance at a news conference in London today, where the announcement was made. Valued at £1.1 million, the...
View ArticleL’Arche founder Jean Vanier ‘was inspired by St Thérèse of Lisieux and Gandhi’
In 1964, when Jean Vanier quietly began what would become an international network, he had “no idea that this would be a revolutionary reality … that it would grow,” he remarked joyfully. The founder...
View ArticleJean Vanier and L’Arche have a simple but vital message for society
This year the Templeton Prize, an annual $1.5 million award given to someone who has made “exceptional contributions to affirming life’s spiritual dimension”, has been awarded to Jean Vanier, the...
View ArticleJean Vanier receives Templeton Prize
Jean Vanier, the French-Canadian Catholic who founded L’Arche network of international communities that brings together people with and without learning disabilities to live and work each other, has...
View ArticleThe disabled are not a punishment of God but rather a path towards God
This is the full text of the prepared remarks by Jean Vanier at the Templeton Prize Ceremony at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on May 18: Good evening everyone: Reverend Doctor Sam Wells, Jennifer...
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Thérèse Vanier: the L’Arche founder who looked reality in the eye
Having mentioned Thérèse Vanier in an earlier blog post I decided to interview Jim Cargin, who knew her well for many years. This is because she deserves highlighting as someone who fully exemplified...
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