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Finding a Place

Those who are weak have great difficulty finding their place in our society. The image of the ideal human as powerful and capable disenfranchises the old, the sick, the less-abled. For me,...

L'Arche Saskatoon Officially Welcomed in the Federation

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I received an email from the coordinator of the Canada Zone this morning from Ukraine where is being held the meeting of the Board of L'Arche International. He tells me that today, March 7th, L'Arche Saskatoon has been officially welcomed into the Federation as a probationary community.

Congratulations to all our friends in Saskatoon!

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