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| | Publications | | Books | The Paradox of Disability
Responses to Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities from Theology and the Sciences | | Hans S. Reinders, editor |  (Softcover; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Pp183)
In 2007 an impressive assortment of social scientists and theologians gathered in northern France at the community of L’Arche Trosly-Breuil, home of the first of over 100 L’Arche communities worldwide. The gathering was organized to solicit from them a response to a question posed by the founder of L’Arche, Jean Vanier: “What have people... [Read more] | Dancing with Dynamite
Celebrating Against the Odds | | Tim Huff |  (Softcover; CastleQuay Books, 2010; Pp174)
Author Tim Huff invites readers to join him on a soulful journey into a variety of worlds that most people would describe as painful, awkward, peculiar and sometimes even ugly; the very places where celebration happens least, but matters most. Dancing with Dynamite explores the unlikely triumph of the human condition when it’s realized for its splendor... [Read more] | LIVING L'ARCHE
Stories of Compassion, Love, and Disability | | Kevin S. Reimer; foreword by Jean Vanier |  (Hardcover; Liturgical Press, 2009; Pp184)
From the Foreword
In our L’Arche communities we live together: people with disabilities and people who for one reason or another come to be with them…What is it like to live together? Here is an excellent book that will tell you what it is all about and how it really is…These stories are not idealized — far from it. They tell of the pains and... [Read more] | | Show all books (31) | | Audio | Becoming Human
The Massey Lectures (Audiobook read by the author) | | Jean Vanier |  (Audiobook; CBC Audio, 2006; Running time approx. 5 hrs.)
In this provocative work, Jean Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. He proposes that by opening ourselves to outsiders, those we perceive as weak, different, or inferior, we can achieve true personal and societal freedom. Our... [Read more] | | Show all audio CD (1) | | Video | Exploring Your Future
A Youth Bible Study Guide with Jean Vanier | | Amy Bunce |  Exploring Your Future: A Youth Bible Study with Jean Vanier is an 8-lesson package created to support church, school and camp bible study groups for youth aged 14 to 17.
Each kit includes:
• 34-page Leader’s Guide
• DVD-ROM Choosing Our Future
• Actions cards to accompany each lesson
The Leader’s Guide is to be used with the DVD-ROM Choosing Our Future which contains... [Read more] | The Knowing Eternity Collection
In Conversation with Jean Vanier | Norflicks Productions
Produced by Susan Morgan |  (DVD; Norflicks Productions, 2006; Running time approx. 9 hrs.)
The Knowing Eternity Collection features Jean Vanier's inspired analysis of the Gospel of St. John. It is the culmination of a lifetime of self-discovery. Herein is an opportunity to share the profound insights of the founder of L'Arche, the inter-faith organization dedicated, in the spirit of the Beatitudes,... [Read more] | Belonging: The Search for Acceptance
Study Guide | | Beth Porter, M.A. & Greg Rogers, M.E.D. |  (Spiral-bound booklet; L'Arche Canada Foundation, 2003; Revised 2008; Pp40)
Belonging: The Search for Acceptance supports a variety of senior secondary school curricula related to human and societal behaviors and relationships including social sciences, ethics and religious studies, celebrating both the dignity and diversity of humanity. The material challenges students to reflect upon... [Read more] | | Show all videos (7) |
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