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Exceptional Grant for L'Arche Agapè
Hollee Card
Posted 2012-01-27 14:32:27
The L’Arche Canada board met in October to review the request made by the L’Arche Agapè for $22,000 in this current fiscal year in order to pay a salary for the role of a development officer.  L’Arche Canada has accepted to honour this exceptional grant request in full.   L'Arche Agapè received $22,000.00 from L’Arche Canada’s National Grant Program out of last...
Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care
John O'Donnell
Posted 2012-01-25 13:43:23
All who are interested in quality end-of-life care issues are invited to make submissions to the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care.  Submissions will assist the Committee in preparing its next Report which will focus on disability rights. (To view the Committee's first Report, click on the cover page to the left.) George Paul Dienesch,...
Leadership Development Project
L'Arche Canada
Posted 2012-01-24 08:39:34
Dear Everyone, Please see attached the information concerning Phase Two of the Leadership Development Project. We are now looking for the full-time L'Arche person for Phase Two for the next three years. This is both an exciting opportunity and challenge for that individual but also for all of us to renew L'Arche in Canada. Please share this information in your community and with your Board.
iBelong and jai-des-amis Are Attracting Good Attention
Beth Porter
Posted 2012-01-11 11:32:38
Just before Christmas we sent letters to most of the ministries or departments of education in Canada telling them about L'Arche Canada's new iBelong!/J'ai des amis! Website. We have already heard back from 4 provinces (Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan) saying that they like the site, thanking us for creating it, and telling us either that they have already...
St John’s Gospel - Retreat in Trosly with Jean Vanier
George Durner
Posted 2012-01-11 10:52:10
Greetings to all and Happy New Year !! Below is the information announcing that Jean Vanier will give the St John’s Gospel program again next year (September 2012 – February 2013) at La Ferme de Trosly. Click on the link and please pass this information on to people that you know who might be interested in participating in this program. We hope you have a...
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L'Arche and The United Church
Posted 2011-02-01 10:34:29
Carolyn Whitney-Brown, who lived at L'Arche Daybreak in Richmond Hill for seven years, was awarded The United Church of Canada 2010 McGeachy Senior Scholarship for her project which explores...
>> Food for the Heart
Letter from Jean Vanier -
Posted 2010-03-17 08:59:16
Note : This letter has been written before the terrible events in Haìti Dear friends, I like this time of Christmas. God becomes flesh. He becomes small to teach us to love and to be open...
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Inspiring portrait of Down syndrome at odds with perfect baby pursuit
Posted 2011-10-04 13:50:05
Three surveys conducted by doctors at Children’s Hospital in Boston suggest the reality of Down syndrome is positive for a vast majority of parents, siblings and people with Down syndrome themselves.
Blogs
1001 Drawings
This Action Without Borders is aimed at sensitizing the general public into welcoming and including people affected by intellectual disabilities. The challenge is simple: to gather more than 1...
Facebook, Netwoking and Recruitement
  Facebook has become a powerful social phenomenon, and eight million of its sixty million subscribers are Canadians. Facebook is increasingly talked about as one of the most powerful...
Community News
Seeking Candidates for Interim Community Leader for L'Arche Arnprior
L’Arche Arnprior is seeking an Interim Community Leader effective April 1, 2012 due to the early retirement of Noreen Lamorie. The Interim Community Leader role is for one year which may be...
Federation News
1,000 Miles for L'Arche Ireland
I want to Celebrate Life by walking 1,000 miles for L'Arche over the next year. I hope to raise €10,000 over the next year. If just 1,000 people gave me €10 each I would reach my target. I...