Projects
Each year CWL nominates a special project for which to raise
funds through their networks in parishes and organisations.
Our project for 2008 is L'Arche Sydney.
L'Arche began in 1964 when Jean Vanier invited two men from an institution to live with him in a small house. He called the house “L’Arche” a French word for ‘the ark’. L’Arche grew quickly and spread around the world and today there are 132 communities in 35 countries on all continents.
L'Arche Sydney was established in 1983 and now have three houses at Burwood Merrylands and Campsie.
In the three homes, assistants and volunteers from diverse cultures and backgrounds share deeply committed relationships with people with intellectual disability.
Home life is at the heart of their community. They share a simple lifestyle that gives priority to relationships.
L'Arche Sydney is an ecumenical Christian community in the spirit of the Beatitudes. From its earliest beginnings, L'Arche was built on respect and the valuing of difference. Everyone is welcomed and accepted in their freedom of conscience.
L'Arche is about a society where each person’s contribution is valued. Every year L'Arche has a transformative impact on the lives of hundreds of young people who assist in L'Arche communities.
L'Arche Sydney...
- creates homes where faithful relationships based on forgiveness and celebration are nurtured;
- reveals the unique value and vocation of each person;
- changes society by choosing to live relationships in community as a sign of hope and love.
Whatever their gifts or their limitations, people are all bound together in a common humanity.
Everyone is of unique and sacred and everyone has the same dignity and the same rights.
Extract from the Charter of the
Communities of L'Arche.
Source
For more information Email: cwlsydney@optusnet.com.au
Past Projects
- Rural Support for Families in Wilcannia - Forbes Diocese
- Cana Communities
- Pregnancy Help
- Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa
- Rural Ministry
- Claffy House
- Travel expenses for a youth worker to attend the World Youth Day
- New parish at Carnes Hill
- Educational needs in East Timor
- Assistance for Asylum Seekers
- Mary MacKillop Outreach
