The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen to them. And that means staying near them, because they speak quietly and infrequently; they are afraid to speak out, they lack confidence in themselves because they have been broken and oppressed. But if we listen to them, they will bring us back to the essential.

There are high Schools named after him in Whitehorse Yukon; London Ontario; Scarborough Ontario; Collingwood Ontario; Richmond Hill Ontario; Welland Ontario and a to be constructed school in Milton Ontario. He also travels widely visiting other L'Arche communities encouraging projects for new communities and giving lectures and retreats. He stepped down from these responsibilities to spend more time counseling encouraging and accompanying people who come to live in L'Arche as assistants to those with disabilities.