Fondacio was born in 1974 in France, under the name of Communauté de Poitiers (see our history)
In the spirit of the Second Vatican Council and as part of the "new communities" that emerged from the Charismatic Renewal, its raison d'être is the formation and evangelization of the younger generations.
It was in 1977, first in Rome and then in France, that the first meetings took place between Domingo Santa Maria, a Chilean businessman involved in the Charismatic Renewal, and the Fondacio community recently founded in Poitiers, which is spreading to other cities.
In July 1980, in Santiago de Chile, a first weekend of evangelization was led by Fondacio for about forty people in July 1980.
One year later, Fondacio was born there with 31 young Chilean adults and a strong dynamic of witness.
In the years that followed, Fondacio brought together people from different social backgrounds and welcomed the vocation to be a meeting place.
Fondacio constructed a bridge between people from the slums, the "pobladores" and people from rich neighborhoods, in responsibility in the economic or political world.