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Subject: Jean Vanier died today

Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: May 07 19

Jean Vanier, the founder of the 'L'Arche communities for people with developmental challenges, died today. He was 90 years old and cause of death was thyroid cancer. Vanier was born in 1928 in Geneva where his father Georges Vanier, a Canadian diplomat, was serving. The family returned to Canada in 1940, after France fell to the Nazis. Vanier had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, but gave it up when he felt the call to serve God in his fellow human beings. He was one of my personal heroes, a humble and noble man. RIP, M. Vanier.

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I looked Vanier up, as well as L'Arche. He's left quite a legacy! The man is gone, but his good works will live on, all over the world.

https://www.larcheusa.org/

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