Year in Review 2024 Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst 43 Together We Create L’Arche Bendigo 10th anniversary CElebration The L’Arche Bendigo Community marked its tenth anniversary with a fundraising lunch at St Kilian’s Hall on Sunday 14 April; an opportunity for friends and families to share memories, tell stories and celebrate. Bendigo L’Arche was the vision of Bernadette Ransom and the late Maureen Considine, who shared two important things in common: a child with down syndrome, and a desire for their children to live in a nurturing faith-filled community as they became adults. Bernadette recounted a conversation with Maureen. “In 1997 I read an article in ‘Australian Catholics’ about the L’Arche Community in Hobart and I thought ‘I would like Andrew to belong to a L’Arche Community when he grows up’. I discussed this with Maureen and her reply was, ‘This will take 20 years, so we had better get started’. So began our journey to establish a L’Arche Community in Bendigo.” Chair Jim Rolfe, Community Council of L’Arche Bendigo, captured the essence and spirit of the room. “Our families are the foundation of our community. They continue to place their trust in L’Arche for the care of their adult children. They are our best ambassadors and for that we are very grateful.”
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