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» L'Arche Internationale
[http://www.larche.org/]
This multilingual site serves as a great introduction to the mission, vision, and scope of the the worldwide movement that Vanier founded and now has roots in 131 communities.

» L'Arche USA
[http://www.larcheusa.org/]
The central Web site for the 16 L'Arche communities in the United States. Pay attention to the photo gallery and letters to the communities from Jean Vanier, which are particularly compelling.

» Faith and Light (Foi et Lumiere)
[http://www.foietlumiere.org/site/english/]
Vanier also co-founded this worldwide association of organizations working to encourage people with disabilities in their spiritual lives.

» "Why We See God As a Negative Force"
[http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/jvanier.htm]
Here, Vanier shares his reflections on Jesus as he's come to think of the Christian savior through his years In L'Arche communities. He gave this talk at the L'Arche community in Trosly-Breuil, France, the community where he lives and started it all.

» "Journey to L’Arche"
[http://www.30goodminutes.org/csec/sermon/nouwen_3301.htm]
Dutch Catholic priest and prolific spiritual author Henri Nouwen spent his professional life teaching at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. But in the last decade of his life he lived at L'Arche Daybreak, near Toronto, Canada. Here's a sermon he gave on "meeting God in a whole new way" through being a member of this community.

» Video invitation to La Fête des Voisins 2007
[http://tinyurl.com/2luhqd]
La Fête des Voisins ("Neighbor's Party") is an annual celebration which started in France in 2002, and became an international event in 2003. Each year, the host organization, Immeuble en Fête, chooses a theme that might divide communities. In 2007 more than six million people in 22 European countries were expected to participate in events centered on the theme of disability. L'Arche Paris worked closely with them and had two members participate in this video invitation to the event. (It's in French, of course, but it's still delightful to watch if you don't know the language.)