Stuart’s Story

Stuart’s Story

If you were to visit Evergreen, L’Arche’s Day Program, you would likely be approached by Stuart, who likes to meet people and chat. You’d discover what his friends in the program already know. They describe him as polite, social, gentle, and eager to participate in...
Nancy’s Story

Nancy’s Story

Nancy’s journey with L’Arche began in 2004 when she worked for L’Arche Arnprior in Ontario. She had already gotten to know some core members from that community through the church she attended, so when she was approached to start work in their home programs, she...
Joseph’s Story

Joseph’s Story

Joseph was out for an evening drive near his apartment on McKay Avenue when he spotted a new building under construction on Sussex Avenue. “I liked that it was concrete construction – it looked strong”.  He wondered what the building was about. This was a residential...
Our First Family

Our First Family

Curtis, Bryn, Meadow, and Jovi were the first family to move into our new building. Curtis teaches music and band at a local Christian school. Bryn is on maternity leave from her role as Intervarsity’s Campus Minister at Emily Carr University of Art and Design....
Erol’s Story

Erol’s Story

Erol started his journey with L’Arche in 2017 as a participant in the Emmaus Centre, the previous name of our day program. At that time, he lived with his mom; now he’s a member of Cedar House, one of the L’Arche homes in our new building, and participates in our...