According to a report of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2,500 million tons of food are thrown into the garbage.
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by John Freund, CM | October 13, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
It is obvious that we are not living in the same church as we were some 50 years ago. How obvious depends on whether you are 60, 40, or 20,
by John Freund, CM | October 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
When St. Paul asks us to “put on the mind of Christ” he has much more in mind than mouthing Jesus’ words.
by John Freund, CM | September 29, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 2 Comments
The tribal wisdom of the American Indians says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
by John Freund, CM | September 22, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
This reflection started out as a reflection on Catechetical Sunday but wandered off into a reflection on the mind of Christ. I finally came full circle and thought of catechesis as helping someone put on the mind of Christ.
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 1, 2021 | News, Systemic change
According to a report of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2,500 million tons of food are thrown into the garbage.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Oprah Winfrey got me thinking with two questions.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
You all know what a scrapbook is. It is not about throwing away scraps. It is about keeping memories alive.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Think about the hot button issues of the day: Police reform, Climate change, Poverty, Homelessness, Election reform, Systemic racism, #metoo… Tou name it. People are calling for more than just quick but temporary fixes. People are calling for systemic reform.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
There are things we see but don’t pay attention to.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
When will we really buy into the systemic change of thinking Jesus came to show us?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Over the next several weeks the liturgy, drawing from the Acts of the Apostles, presents selected stories of ordinary people who coped with severe polarization some 2,000 years ago.
by John Freund, CM | Mar 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
For a variety of reasons, we sometimes can not see what is right before our eyes.
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
“All God’s people carry within themselves the same potencies that energized the early Christian movement…”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 3, 2021 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
I need to remember that while I can’t do everything, I must do something.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
“Move us to create healthier societies and a more dignified world, a world without hunger, poverty, violence and war. May our hearts be open to all the peoples and nations of the earth.”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
A Vincentian priest has made it his life’s work to “go out to the margins” of society and try to restore dignity to the “living scraps” of a “throwaway culture”. Pedro Opeka CM, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize… again.