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Causes: Religion, Religious Printing & Publishing
Mission: Xavier society for the blind provides free reading materials to its clients, all of whom are sight-impaired,without any charges for use or shipping. The reading materials, which are religious and spiritual in nature, are distributed mainly throughout the united states and canada. In addition to sacred scripture, manuals of prayer, religious textbooks, etc. , the society's principal ongoing services are to maintain a lending library and provide books and periodicals to the sight impaired.
Programs: Provide reading materials of a religious nature to the sight impaired. The society maintains an extensive braille library from which publications are provided to clients on demand. In addititon, the society maintains a lending library of 1,140 books in digital media format, with at least two copies of every title for daily circulation.