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| | Publications | | Books | 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] | The Boy In The Moon
A Father's Search for His Disabled Son | | Ian Brown |  Ian Brown’s son, Walker, was born with a genetic mutation so rare that doctors call it an orphan syndrome: perhaps a hundred people around the world live with it. At twelve, Walker is still in diapers: he is globally delayed, he can’t speak and he has to wear cuffs on both his arms so that he won’t constantly hit himself. Yet those details don’t capture him. Despite the turmoil and pain of... [Read more] | Walking On A Rolling Deck
Life on the Ark | | Kathleen C. Berken |  (Softcover; Liturgical Press, 2008; Pp131)
In 1999 Kathy Berken left Green Bay, Wisconsin, for her new home as a live-in assistant in a L’Arche community in Clinton, Iowa. Although the life she left was not necessarily one of balmy beaches, she could never have predicted the storms that lay ahead. A former high school and college math teacher and staff member of The Compass, the newspaper of... [Read more] | | Show all books (32) | | 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 | | I Am ... | | L'Arche Cape Breton |  (DVD; NTSC all-regions format; Running time: 7min. 25 sec.)
In this short film we see brief clips of core members from the L’Arche Cape Breton community in Nova Scotia completing the phrases …
• I am …
• I love …
• I hate …
• I dream …
The responses are funny, revealing, sometimes disturbing or profound and often thought provoking. The responses provide stepping stones for... [Read more] | 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] | REVEL IN THE LIGHT
The Story of Rebecca Beayni | MasterWorks Productions
Produced by Deiren Masterson |  (DVD; MasterWorks Productions, 2007; Running time: 13 min.)
Rebecca Beayni is a young woman who has overcome negative cultural attitudes and created, along with her family and support circle, a valued life. Rebecca has been blessed ironically, with Cerebral Palsy and an intellectual disability which makes her dependent on others for almost everything. In spite of her... [Read more] | | Show all videos (8) |
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