The Miracle, the Message, the Story: Jean Vanier and l'Arche

by Kathryn Spink

In 1964 an extraordinary man started an extraordinary project. Jean Vanier, an ex-navel officer, and son of a Governor General of Canada, bought a little white house in a village north of Paris and invited three men with mental disabilities to share it with him. This was the beginning of l'Arche (The Ark), a special form of community where people who are often rejected and despised by this world can develop their potential to the fullest. Based on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587680386
• ISBN13: 9781587680380
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: HiddenSpring
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 8.5"