"The secret of L'Arche is relationship: meeting people, not through the filters of certitudes, ideologies, idealism or judgments, but heart to heart; listening to people with their pain, their joy, their hope, their history; listening to their heart beats."  (Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche)

• A faith community;
• A licensed provider of professional services;
• An advocate with and for people who have intellectual disabilities;
• A member of a worldwide federation of autonomous communities.