Thursday, December 18, 2014

L'Arche Canada Foundation 0f Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier "Community Integration" for Thursday, 18 December 2014

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Thursday 18 December 2014
 
"Community Integration" The more a community deepens and grows, the more integrated it must be in the neighbourhood. When it begins, the community is integrated within the four walls of its house. But gradually it opens up to neighbours and friends. Some communities begin to panic when they feel that their neighbours are becoming committed to them; they are frightened of losing their identity, of losing control. But there are times to knock down the walls of a community. This is how a small community can gradually become the yeast in the dough, a place of unity for all and between all.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 116]
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