About the Author

Jean Vanier is a philosopher, writer, religious and moral leader. In 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Templeton Prize. He is the founder of two major international community-based organizations, L'Arche, and Faith & Light, that exist for people with intellectual disabilities. The 135 L'Arche communities in 33 countries and 1,600 Faith & Light communities in 80 countries are living laboratories of human transformation. In and outside of these organizations, he has spent more than four decades as a deeply radical advocate for the poor and the weak in our society.