I first met Jean Vanier in the unlikely surroundings of the boardroom at Goldman Sachs. He was a large man, completely at ease in the corporate environment, and his personality and warmth made him stand out far more than the fact that he was wearing a donkey jacket in a sea of suits.
He talked about the work of L’Arche, the international organisation helping people with learning disabilities that he founded in 1964. He explained the need for it and made an appeal that no one in the room could resist – an appeal to our common humanity.
