Jean vanier mini biography george michael
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SPIRITUALITY TODAY
Winter 1986, Vol. 38, pp. 337-348.
Jean Vanier: Recovering the Heart
| By first recovering the biblical and medieval spirituality of the heart, Jean Vanier laid the foundation for his revolutionary contributions in the care and treatment of the mentally retarded. |
Assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Dr. Downey teaches systematic, sacramental, and liturgical theology as well as Christian spirituality. Author of A Blessed Weakness: The Spirit of Jean Vanier and l'Arche (Harper and Row, 1986), he holds a masters degree in education and a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of America. |
THERE has been a glut of literature of late on the subject of Christian spirituality. Likewise, there has been ample discussion about the heart and its role in the Christian life. What useful purpose is to be served by yet another article on the spirituality of the heart? Perhaps one of clarification. My aim here is to spell out briefly what the term "spirituality" means, and to present a more thorough explanation of what is meant by the term "heart." The expos� of both the nature of spirituality and the significance of heart is based upon an interpretation of the writings
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Jean Vanier, who changed lives of intellectually disabled, dies in Paris
Jean Vanier, 90, founder of L'Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died May 7. Vanier had been suffering from cancer and was assisted at a L'Arche facility in Paris.
In 2015, Vanier was awarded the Templeton Prize, viewed by many as the most prestigious award in the world of religion and spirituality. In October 2018, he received the Spiritual Solidarity Award from Adyan, a Lebanon-based foundation focused on interreligious studies and spiritual solidarity. In 1994, the University of Notre Dame presented him with its Notre Dame Award for worldwide humanitarian service.
He was the author of some 30 books, a member of the Order of Canada, and member of France's Legion of Honor, but he was perhaps best known as a kind of village elder to the world.
Vanier permanently changed the fate of intellectually disabled people everywhere by demonstrating how the care of a community could open lives to meaning, joy, hope and trust — not just the lives of the disabled, but the lives also of those who live with them and care for them.
"Jean Vanier's legacy lives on. His life and work changed the world for the better and touched the lives of more people than we will ever know," L'Arche Canada sp