Online Bazaar Raises $8,215 for L’Arche International
As part of an international federation of 147 communities in 35 countries, L’Arche Greater Washington, D.C. is committed to building awareness about ….
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- It is an absolute pleasure to work with you and all the folks at L'Arche. Beyond your pleasant and professional manner is a level of dedication to core members that I have rarely seen in the 34 years I have been involved in human services. Thanks for all you do.
Lincoln, Director of ALCO Pharmacy - The best service project we had ever done — ever. I think it’s because there’s this immediate connection, because everyone’s valued: Your service there meant something.
Katherine Quan, Friend and Service-Ministry Chair at St. Peter’s Church
- L’Arche has a simple message for our time: focus on relationships. Welcome the poor and the rejected. Create communities where relationships are the highest priority. Create communities where each person’s gift is valued and celebrated. Welcome the least and as a result, discover the best in all.
Tim Shriver, Chairman of the Special Olympics
- L'Arche is a work from God.
Marilyn Hanlon, friend and supporter
- Members of the L'Arche community give witness to what we all should do: show total acceptance of people as they are, with their limits, their strengths, and their gifts.
Bishop Martin J. Amos, Davenport, Iowa
- From our arrival to our departure, we witnessed the core values of independence, inclusion, self-determination, and productivity. Every individual with a disability was a full partner in every aspect of community living.
Toni Fisher, former Executive Director for the DC Developmental Disabilities State Planning Council
- L'Arche Greater Washington, D.C. is what de-institutionalization's dreamers had in mind.
The Washington Post
- We investigative reporters tend to see our work as macho: 'I investigated this situation, I reported about it, and I changed it.' L’Arche was different: I investigated it, I reported about it, and it changed me.
Katherine Boo, former Investigative Reporter, The Washington Post
- It was so special to me to see how dedicated L’Arche is to providing care and comfort to another human being.
Rosa Harris, Physical Therapist, National Rehabilitation Hospital
- The works done in L'Arche communities are built on love, filled with soulful rewards, and lessons that will last a lifetime.
Caroline Egan, student, Catholic University of America
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February 25, 2015
February 18, 2015
L’Arche Advocates Visit Richmond
More than 9,000 Virginians who have intellectual and developmental disabilities are currently on waiting lists to receive community-based services like residential ….
February 9, 2015
Buying Chocolates with Charles
The candy shop was almost empty, but I was rushing nonetheless. “Come on, Charles, we talked about your budget before we ….
February 1, 2015
David Donohoe and Bob Asselin Join L’Arche Board
David Donohoe joined the L’Arche board of directors after retiring from more than 40 years as an attorney at Akin Gump ….
January 2, 2015
From failure to community
College dropouts find new direction in L’Arche Note: This is the first story in a series titled Where are they now? ….
December 2, 2014
Life Together: 2014 Annual Report
Dear friends, As L’Arche founder Jean Vanier writes in his book Be Not Afraid, living together is difficult for human ….
November 6, 2014
At L’Arche, those at the margins find love at the center
by Michael Gerson, opinion writer, The Washington Post In an older, gentrifying, suburban Virginia neighborhood — the kind with porch flags ….
November 3, 2014
Jean Vanier and L’Arche Receive Award
Elizabeth Rankin, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame Jean Vanier and L’Arche Receive Notre Dame Award for International ….
October 15, 2014
Laurie’s New Life in L’Arche
Last New Year’s Eve Laurie Pippenger created a collage and titled it “My New Life.” The photos included one of a large ….
September 17, 2014
Falling Blocks and Gratuitous Love
Hazel Pulliam shot me a look from the passenger seat as I maneuvered the van around in the dead-end road. It ….