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Articles in Systemic change
Laudato Si – A Call To Change Our Way of Thinking
Do you think it is possible to capture the essence of Laudato SI in one cartoon or just five words?
What Are Elements Of Structural Racism?
What might be “Socially Acceptable” and “Not Socially Acceptable” elements of “structural” racism.
What Must We As Vincentian Family Do?
With the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we are all struggling to make sense of the past few weeks since the murder of George Floyd.
Corpus Christi and the Case for Change
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest
“Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions” St. John Paul II
A Wide-Angle Lens On the Cries of the Poor
The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22)
The Grasshopper Theory of Poverty and Change
A simple story that describes what it is like to be poor.
Vincent’s Secret Sauce for Change
If Vincent had a secret sauce what might be the main ingredient?
Identity Politics In the Early Church
We often read Acts 6 with a focus on the institution of the diaconate without realizing that the underlying problem was one of race, class, etc. Let’s read Acts 6 as a solution to the identity politics in the early church.
The Mission of Jangany and the Promotion of the Poor … a Model of Systemic Change
One example of a systemic change project comes from Madagascar, in the village of Jangany, where Fr. Tonino Cogoni, C.M. has been ministering for over twenty years.
Learning From God’s Model Of Changing History
What can we learn about being chang agents from imitating God’s model of bringing about a change in our ways of thinking?