There are now 147 such communities around the world. But rather than continuing in academia, he sought a more ‘spiritual’ ministry through a priest Father Thomas Philippe, he became aware of the plight of those with mental disabilities who were institutionalised, and his invitation to two men from one such institution to come and live with him formed the basis of the first L’Arche community in Trosly-Breuil in France. He was originally an academic, completing a PhD on Aristotle in Paris, and he wrote over 30 books. Jean Vanier was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic lay philosopher and theologian, until recently best known for his establishment of the network of L’Arche communities that aimed to integrate the lives of the able-bodied with the disabled, so that each learned from and supported the other.
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