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May 8, 2019

Editorial: A saint for our times

Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, is pictured in a March 11, 2015, photo. Vanier, a Canadian Catholic figure whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over the past half century, died May 7 at age 90.

Jean Vanier, Canadian writer, philosopher and humanitarian who died May 7, was a champion for people with intellectual disabilities and touched countless lives through his constant message of love.

Published in Editorial
May 18, 2016

Vanier shows us what it’s like to be more human

Author and academic Michael Higgins celebrates the launch of his latest book, Jean Vanier, Logician of the Heart, in Toronto May 16.

TORONTO – The inspiration and wisdom of L’Arche founder Jean Vanier teaches us not only how to become more human, but also how to be people of faith in a world wary of religion, author and academic Michael Higgins told about 100 people present for the Toronto launch of his new biography of the Canadian philosopher.

Published in Book News
April 16, 2015

Euthanasia blind to the mystery of love

Euthanasia blind to the mystery of love

Raissa Maritain the philosopher and spiritual writer died some months after suffering a stroke. During those months she lay in a hospital bed, unable to speak. After her death, her husband, the renowned philosopher Jacques Maritain, in preparing her journals for publication, wrote these words:

Published in Fr. Ron Rolheiser