L" ARCHE Jean Vanier REPORT ..Revealing and thorough with subtitle in English

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  L'Arche Internationale a mis en place depuis 2020 une cellule de signalement chargée d’instruire les situations qui lui sont adressées. Cette cellule est composée de personnes extérieures à L’Arche ou sans responsabilité opérationnelle. Des dispositifs similaires existent dans un nombre croissant de ses structures nationales et de ses communautés.Contact cellule L’Arche InternationaleContact cellule L’Arche en FrancePour plus d’informations :Sur le site de L’Arche InternationaleSite de la Commission d'Etude.

 

 

Mandatée par l’Arche international en 2020, la Commission d’étude pluridisciplinaire publie un rapport de 900 pages sur les phénomènes d’emprise psychologique et sur les abus sexuels relatifs à Thomas Philippe et Jean Vanier. Cette étude confirme l’adhésion de Jean Vanier aux doctrines déviantes de son père spirituel, le père Thomas Philippe, et aux pratiques abusives qui s’y rapportent. Il détaille les circonstances de la fondation de L’Arche en 1964 et pointe l’existence d’un noyau sectaire constitué autour du père Thomas et de Jean Vanier. 25 femmes majeures, célibataires, mariées ou consacrées, non handicapées, ont ainsi été identifiées pour avoir vécu, à un moment de leur relation avec Jean Vanier, une situation impliquant un acte sexuel ou un geste intime entre 1952 et 2019. Dans cet entretien exceptionnel, Stephan Posner, responsable international de l’Arche, détaille le contenu de cette étude, ses implications – notamment en ce qui concerne les enseignements de Jean Vanier -, et les mesures prises par l’Arche Internationale envers les victimes, dans ses procédures internes de protection des personnes, et dans la douloureuse relecture de son histoire.

Father Amesse St Partick Basilkica Homily 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 29th January, 2023

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 below is the reading and the homily

12:39

a reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

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when Jesus saw the crowds he went up the mountain and after he sat down his disciples came

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to him then he began to speak and taught them saying

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blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

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Heaven blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted

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blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth

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blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled

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blessed are they merciful for They will receive Mercy

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blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God

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blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God

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blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

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blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you

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and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account rejoice and be

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glad for your reward is great in heaven or in the same way

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they persecuted the prophets who were before you

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the gospel of the Lord

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blessed are you blessed are those

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blessed are the blessed

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20 centuries ago on a hillside a man who has already proclaimed the

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Kingdom of Heaven is near offers his followers a choice

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if anyone wants to be his disciple then all their thoughts and actions must

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be guided by him this good news he has come to bring

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means that we if we so choose are called to be difference makers

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bringing out the best in ourselves our families and our communities

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we shine light in areas of Darkness

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we fight the temptation to be silenced and glossed over

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these are the people we are to become not attached to things

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as we work to alleviate real poverty

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those who grieve feel the loss of the others we struggle

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with non-violent and gentle

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never satisfied with the way that things are

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we are to number ourselves among the compassionate and merciful

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working for justice even when we are misunderstood lied about and misjudged

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we are prophets who refuse to back down even when we are

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threatened or harmed we see what is normal In a Different

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Light we advocate for a new way of living

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and strive to bring the gospel into the personal social

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spiritual economic and political

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we generate hope in all things and create a new future

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let's imagine being there 20 centuries ago

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imagine what it would be like to hear these Beatitudes

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so familiar now that even non-christians can recite them by heart

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hearing them for the very first time we are oppressed

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living under Roman occupation barely making out a living

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and now something profound and life-changing is being told to us

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we are being told who we should be who we really want to be

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but to make of Our Lives whether we are young and just starting

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out whether we are in the middle of our lives and still have a lot of life left

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whether we are in the sunset of life and still have time to fulfill our mission

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what is it that we are hearing what is it that is being said to us

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what is being told to us when we hear blessed are you

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blessed are those blessed are the

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bless it and while we are free to make a choice

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at the same time as we do we must know that Jesus has already proclaimed

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Kingdom of Heaven is knee there's an old saying that heaven is in

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great shape Earth is where the problems are

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but we don't abandon God's creation we don't raise our hands and surrender

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we don't point to all the concerns and troubles and say that there is nothing we can do

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in order to do what Jesus is asking us and we have the choice to listen to him

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or not but if we choose to follow Jesus

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these Beatitudes are no longer optional we must consider this

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do we realize that there are all kinds of people in the world today

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long to complain about what we complain about

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because then they would have so little to complain about

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we who are blessed live in relative affluence

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must remind our children that we are the happiest when we trust in God rather

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than in our stuff that we are measured not by our resume

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but our character and we never confuse security with cheap

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and passing thrills all around us people are asking where is

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God how can I know God

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they believe for a whole host of reasons that God is absent today

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we can help them find God the same time deepen our own

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relationship with God whenever we remember this

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blessed are you blessed are those

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Beloved Betty O 'Neil Barrett Nov6.1929-Jan16. 2023

 With a Note from Maureen :  I attended the funeral for Betty Barrett this morning at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, here in Ottawa. 

I have known  Frank for many years( sometimes I call him Francis because you know, St. Francis ),  but  I have only during the past few years come to know Betty. A couple of years ago Pat and I visited Frank and Betty in their beautiful home near their beautiful church. 

They greeted us on the front porch ( because, you know, covid ) and we had a delightful visit. Betty, the quiet silent lady and a perfect match for Frank, impressed us with her gentle spirit and love for God and family. 

Frank got out a few family photo albums and as he turned the pages, with his Betty beside him, what I saw were two loving parents, cherishing from a distance their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren..... all the while,  thanking God for everything! The homily today was a beautiful tribute to a  lifetime of faithful service to the lord. 

Betty had been a parishioner of Assumption Parish in Vanier since the church was built in 1931 Her family home in  Vanier was where Betty and Frank began their life together as husband and wife.  So beautiful! Imagine the memories! Today in his homily, father said that the readings of today show us what life is all about: what is important. 

What does one look for to experience the joy of living?  What is the most valuable thing? Well for Betty it was her constancy in her love of family,  and her faithfulness to the  Lord and Holy Mother Church. Betty exemplified what it is to be a faithful follower of Christ Time is the most precious gift you can give in life. 

What gives meaning in life is one's connection with God. "Vanity" which you often hear in scripture means  "empty" Every earthly thing vanishes when we die                

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