In preparation for Christmas the Systemic Change Commission invites you to a weekly offering of Advent Reflections. Collaboration for Social Impact.
Reflections
A Missionary Christmas Story for Advent Reflection
Reflection on this story from my past history as a missionary has helped me to grasp more fully the understanding of Advent as the great mystery which leads us to the celebration of the Incarnation of Christ at Christmas. By Fr. Gregory Gay, C.M.
Should You Rethink How You Think?
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking. That has probably always been true. But it certainly feels truer now in our polarized times.
The Experience of the Risen Christ in the Galilee of the Poor
To return to Galilee, the place of the pre-Easter follow-up, means to take up the story of Jesus, converting it into a new start and a new sense of life.
Achievement to Implementation
Certain stories might well be styled “echoing” because they reverberate with the inner story a person tells about herself.
Emmaus – Beginning a Systemic Change Process
As we read the Acts of the Apostles in this Easter season we see how it took time for the good news of the resurrection to sink in. Each Easter season I am amazed at what I learn about myself and ministry in their struggles.
Go forth in Peace with Faith and Courage
The risen Jesus is with us always. He gives us his peace and strengthens our faith, so that we may go forth to share the Good News.
Vincentian Volunteers
Vincentians act as volunteers in favor of families in need, and institute charitable organizations that serve children, young people, the sick and elderly.
Social Justice Conversations: Power to the People
More Vincentians are asking deeper questions and looking for ways to enkindle families and to link them with resources to move them to financial stability.
A Vincentian View: Innocent
As we reflect upon the meaning of the cross in this Holy Week, the third evangelist’s writing draws us to consider the suffering of the faultless in an emphatic way.
Holy Week – Jesus Asks “Do you understand?”
Holy Week – Jesus washes feet and asks “Do you understand?” God is present in loving service more than power and might.
Living through the Death of Jesus Christ
Jesus wears the crown of glory because he died for everyone (Heb 2, 9). If we share his death, he will have us living with him in glory. The wicked, true to the plots they were hatching against Jesus, cut him off from the land of the living (Jer 11, 19-20). But God,...
