It is the first contemplative community in the world to welcome people with Down syndrome to a life of consecration to God.
By Cyprien Viet of Vatican News
The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb live in the center of France. They are the first contemplative community in the world to welcome into consecrated life people with Down syndrome.
The seeds of the community, which has a special devotion to St. Benedict and St. Therese of Lisieux, began in the 1980s. It started with a friendship. Line was on a spiritual search of her own and felt a calling to work with children. Véronique is a young woman with Down syndrome who felt a vocation to the consecrated life.
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