Unity in diversity
It is better that we are different one from another.
We do not need to be the same to live together; in fact too much mutuality can actually be a barrier to growth. Conflict can be an opportunity to challenge our assumptions and perhaps deepen our understanding or change. The different members of a community are called to be one body life in a L’Arche community.
“In a divided world, L’Arche wants to be a sign of hope. Its communities, founded on covenant relationships between people of differing intellectual capacity, social origin, religion and culture, seek to be signs of unity, faithfulness and reconciliation. ”