Vatican launches #IamChurch campaign for persons with disabilities
The #IamChurch campaign for persons with disabilities begins from 6 December with a series of video testimonies of Christians living with disabilities.
By Benedict Mayaki, SJ
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life announced the launch on Monday of a campaign dedicated to persons living with disabilities.
Tagged #IamChurch, the campaign, which begins on 6 December, will consist of five videos containing the testimonies of Christians living with disabilities from different parts of the world who recount their experience of faith and affirm, “I am Church!”
“I am Church” through Baptism
In his message to persons with disabilities on the occasion of the International Day dedicated to them, His Holiness Pope Francis noted that Baptism gives each one of us, “without exclusion or discrimination, the possibility of exclaiming, 'I am Church!'"
Echoing the Pope’s words, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life launched the videos, which will be released weekly, with the aim of highlighting the contribution that persons with disabilities offer to the ecclesial community on a daily basis.
The videos will illustrate the work of evangelization carried out by some young deaf persons in Mexico, of a monastery in France where several nuns with Down’s syndrome live out their vocation, and a group of young Italians with disabilities who participate in World Youth Day celebrations, among others.
A sign of richness
“We are convinced that if we are able to listen attentively to the voices of our sisters and brothers with disabilities, the ecclesial community will come out truly enriched,” said Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Dicastery …
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