Charter Process Assistant Leader
Maria Kearney
I was born and grew up in France but my mother was German and my father, Dutch. I now live in Cork, Ireland and have been for the last 35 years with Tim and our 4 children. I started my L’Arche journey in Trosly, then went to L’Arche Kilkenny in Ireland and after that moved to L’Arche Cork (Ireland) where I have been the Assistants Coordinator for the last 7 years.
The charter process comes, I believe, at a crucial time in our history in L’Arche after Jean’s recent death and will, hopefully, create an opportunity for all communities across the Federation to articulate in a new fresh and engaging way our story, inspiration and values.
This process will create opportunities, too, for people across the Federation to spend time together, share, listen and take note of important moments we live in our communities where the spirit and mission of L’Arche are fully lived. I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to be part of this process in a very active way through this role of Assistant Leader.
I took part in the Charter process Laboratory in November 2018 helping a team to find creative ways to make the process accessible to as many as possible, as well as a formation for resource people in Trosly in May this year.
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