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Courage, An Overlooked Virtue?
by Jim Claffey | December 26, 2018 | Formation, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Bold advocacy calls for courage. We might lose friends, not everyone will agree with us. And for an organization it can be very challenging to take a public stance on a controversial issue.
Matthew 25: A Vincentian Life Process
by Jim Claffey | March 21, 2018 | Formation, Systemic change | 1 Comment
It is interesting to consider Matthew’s chapter 25 as a whole, all three parables together in sequence, one building on the other.
Habits and Systemic Change: A Reflection
by James Claffey | January 18, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Who’s Missing: A Systemic Change Reflection
by James Claffey | August 31, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
The Good Samaritan and Systemic Change: A Call to Youth
by James Claffey | Jul 31, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
I wonder how many homilies over the years have urged us to be like the Good Samaritan! Young people making a...
Matthew 25: A Vincentian Life Process
by James Claffey | Jul 27, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
“A process for Christian Life, a practical way to respond lovingly to the God who first loved us." You may have heard...
Systemic Change Ukraine – Day 2
by John Freund, CM | Nov 22, 2014 | Systemic change
Day two of the systemic change commission in Ukraine has been very uplifting with presentations from Jim Claffey and Fr Giuseppe Turatti on Catholic social teaching and Vincentian Spirituality and Systemic Change
Vincentian Family Systemic Change Workshop – Ukraine
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2014 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Day one of the systemic change workshop in Ukraine started very well with over 100 participants in attendance from many different parts of the Vincentian Family and other collaborators, with a large number of younger people in attendance.
Systemic Change Workshop – Day 5
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2014 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
These last 2 days of our workshop will be dedicated to train the trainors and an important consideration in systemic change explained to us was about Fund-raising. Jim Claffey beautifully stressed that it is a ministry
Systemic Change Day 3 – Essentials
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2014 | Systemic change
The 3rd day for the Systemic Change Philippines Workshop “Systems Thinking in a Nutshell” and “Essential Elements of Systemic Change” followed by examples from around the world and at home in the Philippines.
Systemic Change Workshop – Day 2
by John Freund, CM | Jul 9, 2014 | Systemic change
Group discussion surfaced St. Vincent de Paul as a “man of disturbance” – a man who was courageous to face the wind, unafraid to “walk towards trouble” responding to it with compassion.
Systemic Change Workshop Philippines – Day 1
by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2014 | Systemic change
News – Day 1 The Systemic Change Philippines Workshop formally began on July 7, 2014 at 8:30am at the OZ AVR of Adamson University. After the invocation and national anthem, a roll call of participants was made by Ms. Pamela Mantuhac (Director, Office for Vincentian...