From Brokenness to Community (The Wit Lectures) - Softcover

Vanier, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809133415 ISBN 13: 9780809133413

Publisher: Paulist Press, 1992

Synopsis

The lectures in this volume witness the importance of the meeting between the university of the learned and the university of the poor. From them a deep understanding of true discipleship emerges.

About this title

About the Author:

JEAN VANIER, the son of former governor general Georges Vanier, was educated in England and Canada. After eight years in the Royal and the Canadian Navy, he went to study in France, where he received his doctorate in philosophy, later teaching at St. Michael s College (University of Toronto). Distressed by the plight of people with developmental challenges, he founded L Arche communities, and Faith and L ight, two international networks of communities for people with disabilities. With many bestselling books and humanitarian awards to his name including the Pope Paul VI International Prize, the International Peace Award and the Companion of the Order of Canada Vanier lives in Trosly, France, in the original L Arche community he founded in 1964.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0809133415
• ISBN 13: 9780809133413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56