Feeling At Home
Before welcoming a new housemate into our homes, the core members and assistants of the home make a sign to put on their bedroom door. Everyone signs it and marks that room as their space. Although this may seem like a small tradition, its meaning is significant. These signs are the first welcome into the home and stay up to remind us that we are continually excited to welcome each other home.
Read moreL’Arche Chicago Fall Retreat 2022
This past weekend we gathered for a community retreat at Loyola’s Ecology and Retreat center. This retreat was extra special because 2022 marks the end of our Community Mandate.
Read moreBest Job I’ve Ever Had
I realize now that in my personal pursuit of new responsibility and growth opportunities, I have lost sight of these simple, yet profound L’Arche truths. It is easy to forget and miss the small things that make L’Arche special when focusing on achieving exciting dreams and goals from the office.
Read moreHeart of L’Arche Benefit
Together we raised over $45,000, strengthening our commitment to provide high-quality, life long care for current and future core members.
Read moreL’Arche for Life Update
We are so excited to announce the launch of our capital campaign this fall! We couldn’t be more committed to supporting and empowering each core member of L’Arche Chicago, so deciding on a name for the campaign was easy for us: L’Arche for Life!
Read moreBelonging Happens Around the Table
The change we are wanting to see in our World cannot be manufactured but rather comes about through the sharing of everyday ordinary moments and the sharing of ourselves. Belonging happens in the home, it happens over time, and over many shared meals.
Read more2022 Founder’s Day BBQ
Last week, we hosted our annual Founder’s Day BBQ to celebrate 22 years of L’Arche Chicago!
Read moreHome is Where the Heart is
Home: A dwelling place together where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
Read moreThe Strange, Humbling Ritual of Foot Washing
As I reflect on my years participating in the L'Arche community I am taken aback by the vulnerability we share in living life together at L’Arche.
Read moreL’Arche and Its Long-Term Impact
In the many years I have worked with, learned from, and ‘treated’ persons with disabilities in my professional life as an educator and an occupational therapist, I have come to know a lot about ability and disability, medical conditions and impairments, social determinants of health, and the systems and regulations developed for serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disability.
Read moreL’Arche: A Constant, Gentle Force
When I think about the impact of L’Arche, I feel very privileged and honored to say that I have personally felt the long term impact first hand.
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