1. 5 Principles of Humanity
Jean Vanier

2. Principle # 1 All humans are sacred.
Each of us (even the weakest) has an instrument to bring to the vast orchestra of humanity.

3. PRINCIPLE #2
Our world and our individual lives are in the process of evolving ... it is not always easy to determine the good and the bad in something ... it is a question of loving the essential values of the past and reflecting on how they are to be lived in the new

4. PRINCIPLE #3
Maturity comes through working with others, through dialogue and through a sense of belonging and searching together

5. PRINCIPLE #4
Human beings need to be encouraged to make choices, and to become responsible for their own lives and the lives of others

6. PRINCIPLE #5
In order to make such choices we need to reflect and to seek truth and meaning. Reality is the first principle of truth...it means to abandon the loneliness of being closed up in illusions, dreams, and ideologies, frightened of reality, and to choose to move towards connectedness.

7. To be human is to accept ourselves just as we are, with our own history and to accept others as they are.

8. COPY THIS
Principle
How I’ve put this into practice in my day to day life
How this could be applied to daily life at St. Mark Catholic High School

9. JEAN VANIER PROJECT
1 - Pick any two of the five principles you want and use them in the chart you just copied down 2 – Research Project: Jean Vanier 3 – Quote Poster & Reflection 4 – Questions DUE AT THE END OF CLASS MONDAY FOR MARKS