Jean Vanier
By: Terry Barber
Series: Activist series
Publisher: Grass Roots Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Edmonton]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781894593861
Subjects: Group homes for people with disabilities; Church work with people with disabilities; Catholics; Biography; Readers for new literates; Foyers de groupe pour handicapes; Pastorale des handicapes; Catholiques; Biographies; Anglais (Langue); Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabetises; Arche (Association)
Description: Jean Vanier is the founder of L'Arche, an international organization which creates communities where people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them share life together. Vanier believes that " ... being human is to be a friend to the weak person."--Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Being human; title: Early years; title: Jean joins the Navy; title: Jean searches for meaning; title: L'Arche; title: Jean spreads hope; title: Glossary; title: Talking about the book.