‘A wholehearted welcome’, is the response of L'Arche International to the theme of the 2012 International Day of Persons with Disabilities: For ‘Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all’, has been our goal for almost 50 years of community life with men and women with an intellectual disability. Read...
It’s hard to believe that Ma’an lil-Hayat is already over two years old! For such a long time we had been dreaming of creating a community of L’Arche in Bethlehem, and finally, here we are, with 15 core members, a team of five assistants, and numerous volunteers and friends. Read...
From April to July this year, L’Arche in Argentina and one of the most respected daily newspapers, La Nación, worked closely together on a media campaign to make known the work and message of Jean Vanier, the founder of L'Arche. A publicity agency (Cuko) also worked with members of the community, offering their services for free. Read...
6th September: here we are back again from our holidays, picking up our activities where we left off. Read...
How to get 300 people enthused about L'Arche at one go? In an inspiring example of what can be done at local level, the Poznan community simply hired a theatre in the city and put together a colourful programme of music, drama and readings from Jean Vanier’s writing, followed by a tasty Swedish smorgasbord. This imaginative event took place on 16th May. Read...
More than 800 people hear about L'Arche for the first time! It’s surely a dream... yes, but a dream come true for L'Arche in France! How? As a result of their super- successful conference Fragilités Interdites, which took place over a weekend in February. Read...
From November 25 to 30, we had an exhibition called “Artists at Kana-no-ie” for our art works at the Gallery Hamamura in Ryogae-cho, Shizuoka. Our art teacher, Sumiko Sasaki from church, visited and taught us twice a month on Wednesdays and we had been preparing for this event for the last 6 months. Read...