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 Jean is a humble role model, mentor and friend who inspires through his respectfully loving each person as they are. From Mother Teresa to Pope John Paul II, Jean Vanier's life has been profoundly marked by his encounters with the great ones of this world. 'Friends in the Spirit', Mother Theresa and Jean Vanier are two beautiful human beings who accompanied each other on their respective life-missions.  Jean Vanier's philosophy was born in his coming to understand the import of the experience of human suffering. The universality and centrality of our shared fragility has the potential to unite us in commonality. At the heart of Vanier’s theology is the human desire to belong. In both senses of the term, as an author and letter-writer, Jean Vanier is a man of letters
 Jean Vanier' s struggle, started in the small village of Trosly in 1964, continues today. The road to justice and peace demands a lifetime commitment. The 135 communities of L'Arche bring together men and women with or without an intellectual disability. An international network of mutual care and community support for people affected by intellectual disabilities |
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