Ecole des Servants de Messe de Villars

Purpose of the association

To facilitate access to culture, leisure and religious practice as rights to which everyone should have access; this barrier to access is not solely due to financial considerations, but also to issues of perception: fear of the unknown, of not understanding, of the gaze and judgement of others, and of feeling out of place; to train those wishing to become altar servers and to help them grow in their faith; and to cover the costs and meet the needs of members’ gatherings through cultural activities (historical, local, leisure-based and involving other communities), youth activities, and opportunities to discover a variety of leisure pursuits and popular education; to provide assistance and technical support to organisers of altar servers’ gatherings, through weekends, meetings or camps; the association is a non-profit organisation and its primary aim falls within an educational, social, religious, cultural and heritage-promoting framework; educational: the association contributes to the empowerment of altar servers, particularly through meetings (twinning schemes) or camps, the allocation of tasks and joint decision-making;

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