Jean Vanier is giving the week long Massey Lectures on CBC Radio at 9:05
pm EST. from Nov. 16 - Nov. 20. His topic is: 'Becoming Human'
"These talks are about the liberation of the human heart from the
tentacles of chaos and loneliness, and from those fears that provoke us to
exclude and reject others. This is a liberation that opens us up. It
leads us to the discovery of our common humanity... It is the process of
truly
becoming human." Jean Vanier is the founder of L'Arche, the
international organization famed for its innovative methods of working with
handicapped people. He is also a prolific writer, and in his many books,
he has developed the idea of what it means to be a good individual and
what it means to live in harmony with the world and with God. In this
year's Massey Lectures, he discusses the necessity of conceiving a new
vision of humankind: a society in which the gifts of all, particularly
those of the weak and the powerless, are an equal, common heritage.
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