London, May 2015. On 18 May 2015 Delegate Anthony Bailey attended the Templeton Prize ceremony which this year was honouring Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche – a revolutionary international network of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together as peers. The ceremony was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square, London.
The Templeton Prize of £1.1 million honours a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. Established in 1972 by the late Sir John Templeton, the Prize aims, in his words, to identify “entrepreneurs of the spirit”—outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality. The Prize celebrates no particular faith tradition or notion of God, but rather the quest for progress in humanity’s efforts to comprehend the many and diverse manifestations of the Divine.
The previous Prize winners include Mother Teresa, The 14th Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Member of the Royal Order of Francis I.
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