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Civic and Community Engagement

2009

Sacred Heart University

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Messy Love: Jean Vanier's L'Arche, Michael W. Higgins May 2009

Messy Love: Jean Vanier's L'Arche, Michael W. Higgins

Mission Integration & Ministry Publications

The article focuses on Jean Vanier, founder of the international organization L'Arche, who won the 2009 Nation Builder of the Year award from the newspaper "Globe and Mail." The author describes Vanier as the impeccable subversive of the value system that equates human dignity with utility. It notes that he taught at the University of Saint Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario. It relates how Vanier established L'Arche.