L'Arche Collection
2 total works
With simplicity and conviction, Jean Vanier shows how a life shared with handicapped people calls us to selflessness and risk. The vulnerability that is so much part of their lives reveals our own limits and forces us to ask questions that can lead us to profound liberation.
This work tells the story of L'Arche community's first 30 years; its foundation and growth, its joys and sorrows. The author (and founder) chronicles the transformation that occurs in members of the community when they find a haven of love and safety - an ark for the poor and weak.