Here’s to Another 50 Years
by Sarah Ruszkowski I grinned to myself as I stood in a long, not-really-moving line at the pop machine. It was ….
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- "This summer confirmed my desire to work with special education for the elderly. My growth this summer was exponential; I learned so much! I loved sharing time with the core members and learning about the values of community, being with and being present. Seeing faith lived out collectively was really powerful for me and reminded me why I'm Catholic. I fell in love with L'Arche and so did my mom!"
Alice, Summer Volunteer - "A lot of the philosophy of L'Arche recognizes that we are better together, even if it's less efficient or not as 'productive' as doing things on our own. The experience of living with people in the same house is so intimate that I realized that this is so much more about relationships than I could ever have expected. It was hard to leave knowing that I was leaving friends. At L'Arche, I'm surrounded by so many people who might share 3 words with me in total; I don't have to prove my worth at L'Arche, it's just assumed, known."
Megan Guzman, House Leader
- "The assistants had a profound impact on me and by the end of the summer, I didn't see their vulnerabilities but rather, that they're powerful human beings. I realized the power of compassion and how listening can profoundly change things. My favorite part of the summer was helping a core member achieve his two year long goal to play with a pug!"
Eric Arntson
- 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
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July 17, 2015
July 16, 2015
Jubilee meetings, like many other
by Liz Yoder Charles, Edna, Francene, Eva Elizabeth, Yuko and Sarah visit Capitol Hill with L’Arche USA delegation In May 2014, ….
June 10, 2015
L’Arche Honored as One of the Best
On June 9, 2015, Liz Yoder from L’Arche Greater Washington DC attended the Catalogue for Philanthropy’s welcome night, honoring the DC ….
June 5, 2015
How to build a better world: Jean Vanier on love, humility and the path to peace
By David Briggs | The ARDA “Love doesn’t mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary ….
June 5, 2015
Spotlight on Hazel of Arlington’s L’Arche Community
By Kathy Desmond* | The Advocate Hazel Pulliam has been coming to Sunday Mass at OLQP since 2006. That year she joined ….
May 21, 2015
Living Well at L’Arche
Sophia Mason Reingold | National Catholic Register Disabled Residents and Their Assistants Share Home WASHINGTON — Walking through Washington’s Adams Morgan ….
April 23, 2015
L’Arche USA to Gather in D.C. May 29-30
This May, more than 300 members representing L’Arche USA’s 18 communities will gather in Washington, D.C. to celebrate culmination of the ….
April 22, 2015
Angels Among Us
by Rev. Tim Malone, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Arlington Rev. Malone gave this talk at the Heart of L’Arche breakfast on ….
March 16, 2015
Home Ec Major Learns True Meaning of Home
When Sue Lewis Bodner arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1979 to join the Church of the Saviour, she had never heard ….
March 11, 2015
Jean Vanier Wins 2015 Templeton Prize
Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, a revolutionary international network of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and ….