Origin
Signum Fidei is a Fraternity that began in the 1970's. In several places where there were Lasallian schools a good number of lay colleagues expressed an interest in making a deeper commitment to their own Christian lives along the spiritual and apostolic lines of the Brothers.
The superiors, seeing this as a sign of action of the Holy Spirit, offered them the possibility of beginning an experiment in Lasallian life, with an appropriate lifestyle. The name "Signum Fidei" which appears in the seal of the Institute aptly expresses the purpose: to be a sign of faith in the world through one's personal life.
In November 1975, at a meeting of five lay persons and three Brothers held in Valencia, Spain the principle guidelines of the "Style of Life" were drawn up.
In Rome on June 5, 1976, during the 40th General Chapter, the eleven first members of the Fraternity made their consecration.
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