Jean Vanier is the founder of L’Arche, communities around the world that embody Jesus’ tender love through his most paradoxical teachings — that there’s power in humility, strength in weakness, and light in the darkness of human existence. Notice what stirs within you as you listen to his interview below.

On Becoming Human & Servant Leadership
Jean Vanier

Prompting Questions:

  1. What part of the interview tugs at my heart and how so?

  2. “Tenderness is to look at people without judging.” How does this insight resonates or challenges me as I prepare for Caritas?

  3. Vanier sees leadership as first and foremost listening, not talking, but listening - attentive listening to what is most precious in you & in others, listening for the presence of God. How can this wisdom inform how we serve on Caritas?

To watch the full interview, click here.