Jean Vanier
Quote on living in community
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Our Homes

So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who are different, and we listen to each other, people of different class groups. Tell me your story. Where is your pain.

- Jean Vanier, Address to the Business Community, April 05


Relationship
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Peace and Community
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Hope and Love
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer[1] says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community." A community is not an abstract ideal.
L'Arche Canada - 2013