Letter of Jean Vanier to his friends - January 2012

08/01/2012

Dear Friends,

At last, it is over! The trip from 31 rue Louis Marillac to 19 rue d’Orléans is finished. It meant moving furniture, books and papers, more papers and books, my bed, my toothbrush (even though I don’t have many teeth left to brush) and finally me. I have settled into my new surroundings, near the Farm (where I am still giving retreats). It is a beautiful place… my office has a big bay window overlooking the L’Arche chapel and a garden with a small house just for birds. The birds will come, soon I hope, to pick seed, fighting and playing among themselves. Read...