Faith and Light

Founded by Jean Vanier and Marie-Hélène Mathieu in 1971,http://www.jean-vanier.org/en/the_man/brief_chronology {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513142502/http://www.jean-vanier.org/en/the_man/brief_chronology |date=2013-05-13 }}, Faith and Light is a cross-denominational Christian charitable association. The purpose of the association is to assist those with intellectual disabilities, and their friends and family, by fostering friendship, prayer, celebration and sharing.{{cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Tom|title=Faith And Light Ministry Gives Beacon Of Hope To Handicapped|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VNRB&p_theme=vnrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=119233BB29A01120&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=November 25, 2011|newspaper=Daily News-Record|date=May 12, 2007|location=Harrisonburg}}{{citation|last=Young|first=Frances|editor=Joop Stolk|others=Theodoor Adriaan Boer and R. Seldenrijk|title=Meaningful care: a multidisciplinary approach to the meaning of care for people with mental retardation|year=2000|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-7923-6291-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/meaningfulcaremu0000unse/page/6 6]|url=https://archive.org/details/meaningfulcaremu0000unse/page/6}} There are approximately 1,612 communities organized into 50 provinces, in 81 countries.{{cite web|title=International Association of Faith and Light|url=http://www.laici.va/content/laici/en/sezioni/associazioni/repertorio/associazione-internazionale-fede-e-luce.html|website=laici.va/|publisher=Pontifical Council for the Laity|accessdate=5 June 2015}}

The Faith and Light's international head office and secretariat are in France; there are three employees.{{cn|date=May 2022}}