Pope Francis thanks Christian disability group for witnessing to 'the heart of the Gospel' (CNA)

Founded by Jean Vanier and Marie Hélène Mathieu in 1971, Faith and Light attained Vatican recognition as a lay association and has 1,420 communities in 86 countries.

“A Faith and Light community is a group of 15 to 40 persons (children, teenagers or adults with an intellectual disability, their family, friends) who meet together at least once per month for a gathering of friendship, sharing, prayer and celebration,” the association explains.