Jean Vanier wins Templeton Prize
L'Arche work recognised
by Friend newsdesk
20th March 2015
Many Friends have welcomed the news that Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, has won the 2015 Templeton Prize.
The prize, which is valued at just over a million pounds, is one of the world’s largest annual awards given to an individual who ‘has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works.’
L’Arche is a network of inter-national communities that brings together people with and without learning disabilities to work and live and together. It was founded by in 1964 by Jean Vanier.
Previous Templeton Prize winners include the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
