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Our history

Faith and Light was born of a desire to help people with an intellectual disability and their families find their place within the Church and society. This was the main purpose of the organized pilgrimage to Lourdes at Easter of 1971.

Our mission

Faith and Light is founded on the belief that each person with an intellectual disability is fully a person with all the rights of a human being: above all the right to be loved, recognized and respected for himself or herself and in the choices he/she makes; the right also to receive whatever help is necessary in order to grow at every level, spiritual and human.

Overview...

Faith and Light is organised as meeting communities, gathering children, adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends.

Paramètrages

Parents

"To the parents, Faith and Light gives support in their trials and helps them to better appreciate the inner beauty of their children. A number of them, in turn, become a source of strength and an assistance to other parents..." (Charter I)

Payment for documentation

After receipt of the invoice sent by the International Secretariat including postage costs.

Payment of your Contribution and Solidarity

Only to be paid by the province.

Payments, contributions & documents

Pentecost Letter - Don Marco Bove

When we talk about the birth of our Faith and Light communities, we usually say that no one had foreseen it; it was actually the Holy Spirit who inspired its beginning, at the end of the great pilgrimage to Lourdes at Easter 1971.

Persons with intellectual disabilities

"Faith and Light gives to persons with an intellectual disability the possibility of being recognized as unique persons, and using their gifts and discovering the joy of friendship." (Charter I)