Every year we go on a missions trip to Tanzania. Last year we went to the island of Ukerewe where albinos babies are sent to find refuge from being murdered for their body parts by witch doctors which is still an occurrence in Tanzania. This island is a refuge. Missionaries and others take care for these babies and they live a normal life. I thought of that as I read this story about a religious order allowing Down Syndrome girls to enter the religious order .
LE BLANC, France, March 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb are a contemplative religious community in France that enables girls with Down syndrome to respond to a religious vocation.
"In a world where up to 90 percent of Down syndrome children are aborted, the Prioress of the Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb says the order exists, "To allow those who have the ‘last place’ in the world, to hold in the Church the exceptional place of spouses of Jesus Christ. To allow those whose life is held in contempt to the extent of being in danger from a culture of death, to witness by their consecration to the Gospel of Life."
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