by Natalie Boone | Oct 26, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
On Saturday, October 21, 2017, a conference was held at St. John’s University, entitled A Focus on the Common Good: Homelessness and the Need for Systemic Change. Organized by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society, it was the tenth biennial Vincentian Chair of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 25, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change
What holds us back from lifting the phone and speaking for those who do not know how to negotiate our system?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 21, 2017 | Formation, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Focus on the Common Good. Homelessness and the Need for Systemic Change. That was the name of the conference sponsored by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University this morning. The event is the biennial Vincentian Chair for Social...
by Guillermo Campuzano | Oct 19, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“Reflections from the Vincentian Family Symposium” During the days of the Rome Symposium of the Vincentian Family I was paying attention to signs, words, conversations that signal a new interpretation of our Vincentian charism in an entirely new reality. I...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 18, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Systemic change has got a “big sister” called collective impact. You’ve read about it often on .famvin. And formation — history and spirituality — well, you know, it’s just our thing! The Vincentian Family at Rome was privileged to...