Passing the Torch of Leadership
Our very own Webster Bull tells the story of two incredible leaders, Swanna Champlin and Jen Matthews, and the journey our community has been on. Jen and Swanna at Taste of Spring, 2015 From Swanna to Jen: A Torch is Passed Jennifer Matthews admits that she didn’t know how to pronounce L’Arche or even where Haverhill was when she signed on as office manager on Martin Luther King Day 2006. […]
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New Program Coordinator
Welcome Michael Richard! L’Arche Boston North is excited to announce the hiring of Michael Richard as the incoming Program Coordinator. Michael has been with L’Arche for four years, serving as House Manager at Assisi House in Bradford MA for three of those years. During his time at L’Arche, Michael has brought stability and growth to both his home and to the greater community. He has also been a prominent and […]
Read MoreThe View From The Couch
April 2017– Blaine Kuss, L’Arche Assistant“ — In the past fifty years, Indiana has produced three good things: Larry Bird, The Jackson Five, and this birthday person with an affinity for Kendrick Lamar, microbiologists, and #larcheliving.” This was the clue associated with my name this evening in community’s monthly Birthday Jeopardy game. The clue tells several important things about my life, including my musical tastes—and corresponding political views. This clue […]
Read MoreWelcome to Pat’s House!
At an open house on Saturday, September 24, our new home at L’Arche Boston North was dedicated and given its official name: Pat’s House, in honor of our founding assistant Sr. Pat Murphy. Here are a few photos from the perfect fall day at 9 Valley Street in Merrimac, Massachusetts. Sr. Pat spoke at the dedication, accompanied by longtime assistant and pastoral minister Tom Murphy (no relation) and four of […]
Read MoreNew Home for Community
All of us in the L’Arche Boston North community were excited about the new house, none more excited than Frannie. For months before the move from Gandhi House to a newly built L’Arche home, our longtime core member and three-term board member organized what seemed like daily expeditions up Route 110 to monitor progress on the construction site. Sometimes more than once a day. “Hey buddy pal, we gotta go […]
Read More“Home is where the Heart is”
September 2016– Annika Carbacio, L’Arche Assistant — Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, once said “Being at home is one of the most fundamental needs of the human spirit”. Vanier could not be more accurate with his words; after all it was he who invited two men with disabilities to share life—and a home—with him back in 1965. This quote also happens to be printed on the back of the […]
Read MoreElizabeth Buckley Memorial Service
With great sadness we share that Elizabeth Buckley, a long-time member of L’Arche and a beloved member of the Daybreak community, died peacefully on July 24, 2016 in her apartment due to circulatory complications. She was 84 years old. Please join the L’Arche Boston North community as we remember our founding Community Leader Elizabeth Buckley Memorial Service Thursday, October, 6th at 5pm Masonic Lodge 70 Topsfield Rd, Ipswich, MA RSVP: […]
Read MoreThe Boston North Road Warriors
August 2016, Blaine Kuss, L’Arche Assistant — Three Core Members and four assistants, including myself, recently had the opportunity to visit the L’Arche Daybreak community in Richmond Hills, Ontario, which has the distinction of being the first L’Arche community outside of France. On the trip were the three gentlemen core members from Assisi House—Donald, Jim, and Phil—as well as Michael, Tom, Fernando, and me. Our journey began is months ago […]
Read MoreBIG THANKS from Lacy!
Hello Crowd Rise donors! I want to share with you my last Marathon Miracle update posted on Facebook today, with an extra word of thanks to you for donating to L’Arche Boston North and for providing me with support that I relied on in order to finish this marathon! I am so grateful for each one of you! With love, Lacy One. Last. Marathon. POST! For now. 😉 I just want […]
Read MoreAn Old Man Comes To Community
July 2016, Webster Bull – During the past nine months I have met, been embraced by, and plunged head over teakettle into L’Arche Boston North. As an assistant in my 65th, not 25th, year of life, I am something of a statistical outlier. How I came to L’Arche in the first place—what the community calls my sacred story—is a long tale of good parents, childhood church-going, a painful trek through a […]
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