Systemic change

Are You a “Whack-a-mole” or “Big picture” Person?

It occurs to me that there are two approaches to problem-solving. – “Whack-a-mole” or “Big Picture.”

Luke’s Gospel – Trees or Forest?

I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”

Our “Real Families”

I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”

Please Don’t Feed the Trolls

In the language of the internet, a troll is a person who makes inflammatory, insincere, or otherwise off-topic comments in a social setting.

Love is more than welfare service

Love is more than welfare service

Vincentian missioner found his life in a landfill in a Madagascar and has given life to thousands. Fr. Pedro is keen to stress one thing: “I have always said this to them: I love you too much to simply act as a welfare service.

Embracing (Systemic) Change – Tyranny of the moment

Embracing (Systemic) Change – Tyranny of the moment

Gary Stevens, National Council of the United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul writes the following report “Embracing (Systemic) Change” based on his experience recent workshop held by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. One of insights that I gained was that it is hard for many people in poverty to move out of it when they are constantly dealing with one crisis after another (living in the “tyranny of the moment”).

Systemic Change – 30 year track record!

Systemic Change – 30 year track record!

Before the words! Long before “Systemic Change” became part of the Vincentian Family’s recent vocabulary Bro. Al, CM has been accumulating a 30 year track record that is, not surprisingly changing. A recent article in Catholic Philly “Inn Dwelling: Rehabbing homes and turning around lives in Germantown” tells the story.

Systemic Change Workshop – Final Day

Systemic Change Day 4 – Immersion

Today was Immersion Day  for participants in the Systemic Change workshop in the Philippines– a special time of encounter with the community members of the Southville Relocation Site in Cabuyao, Laguna, a place which has become very much a vital part of Adamson...

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