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|website= }} Jean Vanier, CC GOQ (born September 10, 1928) is a Canadian Catholic philosopher, theologian and humanitarian. He founded L'Arche in 1964, an international federation of communities spread over 35 countries, for people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them.〔(L'Arche Page )〕 Subsequently in 1971, he co-founded Faith and Light, with Marie-Hélène Mathieu, which works for people with also developmental disabilities, their family and friends in over 80 countries. He continues to live as a member of the original L'Arche community in Trosly-Breuil, France. Over the years, he has authored 30 books on religion, disability, normality, success and tolerance. Among the honors he has received are the Companion of the Order of Canada (1986),〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The Governor General of Canada website )〕 Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, French Legion of Honour (2003), Community of Christ International Peace Award (2003), the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award (2013) and the Templeton Prize (2015). ==Early years and background== Vanier is the son of Major-General Georges Vanier, who became the 19th Governor General of Canada (1959-1967), and his wife Pauline Vanier. He was born in Geneva, while his father was on diplomatic service in Switzerland. Fourth of his five siblings, in his youth, Vanier received a broad education in English and French first in Canada, and then England and France. He joined the Royal Navy at the Dartmouth Naval College (later renamed Britannia Royal Naval College) in England at age 13. During World War II, Vanier and his family fled Paris just before the Nazi occupation. He spent much of the War at an English naval academy, preparing for a career as a naval officer.〔("The Man: Early Years" ), Jean-Vanier Official Website〕〔 In early 1945, Vanier was visiting Paris where his father was Canadian Ambassador; he and his mother went to assist survivors of Nazi concentration camps. Seeing the emaciated victims, their faces twisted with fear and anguish, was a profoundly moving encounter for him, which he never forgot. Shortly thereafter, at age seventeen, with World War II still raging, he served with the Royal Navy and then with the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1947 as a midshipman, Vanier accompanied the Royal Family on their tour of South Africa aboard HMS ''Vanguard''. In 1949, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy, at the carrier ''HMCS Magnificent''. However, in 1950, feeling a strong inner spiritual calling to do “something else,” he resigned his naval commission. Vanier travelled to Paris to study as an undergraduate. He eventually went on to complete a PhD in philosophy from the Institut Catholique de Paris, with a doctoral thesis on Aristotle, which was published in 1966 as ''Happiness as Principle and End of Aristotelian Ethics'', also his first published work. He subsequently went to write several books during his career and taught philosophy at the University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. Vanier left academia in 1964 seeking more spiritual work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Vanier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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