COMMITMENT

In the area of providing assistance (or good works as it used to be called), the Waldensian church has always maintained a high profile. Hospitals, senior citizens' centres, orphanages and schools have always been non-confessional and therefore open to all regardless of faith or creed. Today, the Waldensian Synod together with its Commission of Deacons manages hospitals in Torre Pellice, Pomaretto and Turin, senior citizens' homes in the Valleys, in Tuscany and Sicily, as well as other reception centres.
The choice, participation in the life of the nation by carrying out evangelical works, which the Evangelicals made at the time of the Risorgimento, continues to inspire the life of the Waldensian Church even today. In addition to increasing its membership, the Church is dedicated to sending a positive message to all Italians given the present climate of spiritual renewal based on the Gospel. It carries out this programme by taking a stand on issues which touch the life of the nation.