By any measure, Jean Vanier has led an astonishing life. He is the founder of the international movement of L ’Arche communities, and of Faith and Light, two organizations that bring together people with developmental disabilities and the friends who share their lives. He espouses a philosophy that the marginalized, weak and lonely can teach us great things and that true spirituality can only come from our relationships with the less fortunate. In his work, Vanier has travelled the world, meeting with international dignitaries and faith leaders, and with people who have nothing―as well as everything―to give. Written in his spare, meditative style, Our Life Together contains over four decades of Vanier’s correspondence, from 1964 to the present, as he reflects on his travels through Canada and around the globe; on world events such as 9/11 and the quest for peace; and on his own faith journey and current drive for interfaith dialogue. With an insightful introduction by the author, Our Life Together reads much like a memoir: inspirational, infused with a sense of community, and revealing in its candid portrait of a man who fully understands what it is to be a whole, compassionate human being.

Our Life Together

Religion & Spirituality

Vanier, Jean

Religious Studies

HarperCollins, Publishers

Arc for the Poor: The Story of l'Arche (L'Arche Collection)

Novalis/Geoffrey Chapman/Crossroad

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Man and Woman He Made Them

Christian Books & Bibles

Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd.

Wholeness, healing and hope amid a broken and suffering world are the themes of this powerful prose-poem.

The Broken Body: Journey to Wholeness

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Contemporary society is the product of the disintegration of more or less natural or familial groupings. People are afraid, uncertain - and shut themselves away. But they need companions, friends with whom they can share their lives, their visions, and their ideals; in short, they need community. Jean Vanier, founder of the world famous l'Arche community for the mentally handicapped and their helpers, has written a unique book. It is no dry and systematic treatise, but rather a brilliant series of 'starting points for reflection' on the nature and meaning of community. 'Our communities should be signs of joy and celebration... If we are accepted with our limitations as well as our abilities, community gradually becomes a place of liberation... this terrible place can become one of life and growth.'

Community and Growth

This book proposes the notion that the task of ethics is to help people become fully human and investigates how this is to be achieved in today's world.

Becoming Human

History

Made for Happiness

Darton, Longman, and Todd

A new reflection from Jean Vanier on the Gospel of John, based on a series of talks originally written for television. Vanier moves through each passage, setting it in the context of the other gospels, and drawing out messages for our contemporary world in a slow prayerful rhythm, that guides the reader more deeply into the mystery of Jesus.

Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus Through the Gospel of John

If you've ever thought about community, whether as a lifestyle or simply as an expression of deeper fellowship with others, this book is essential reading. In the fifteen years since it first appeared in English, it has become the classic text on the subject -- read, dog-eared, borrowed, and discussed.Vanier is not a rosy idealist. That is because his writing is based not on theories, but on a wealth of wisdom gleaned over many years living in community, experiencing difficult days and joyous celebrations, times of struggle and hard-won success, moments of doubt and inspiration. He acknowledges the inevitable little frustrations of a life lived with and for others, but he also helps the reader see that without struggle there is no true growth.

World

Jean Vanier: Essential Writings

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Books by Vanier, Jean

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Our Life Together

Arc for the Poor: The Story of l'Arche (L'Arche Collection)

Man and Woman He Made Them

The Broken Body: Journey to Wholeness

Community and Growth

Becoming Human

Made for Happiness

Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus Through the Gospel of John

Community and Growth

Jean Vanier: Essential Writings