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Catholic social teaching and doctrine
Being on the Side of the Workers • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | June 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincentian Influence on Catholic Social Teaching
by John Freund, CM | September 4, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change | 1 Comment
Did you know how Vincentian Family members who set the stage and later advised Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 landmark statement of catholic social teaching “Rerum Novarum” (New Things)?
Compare the US Bishops of 1919 and 2019
by John Freund, CM | August 30, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
Maybe it is true… “the more things change, the more they stay the same”! But the Gospel continues to challenge us.
Civic Virtues, Civil Dialogue and Vincentian Goals
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | July 15, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
If civic dialogue about the needs of the poor and marginalized is going to move forward, Virtues can point the way.
Vincentian Influence on Catholic Social Teaching
by John Freund, CM | Sep 4, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change
Did you know how Vincentian Family members who set the stage and later advised Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 landmark statement of catholic social teaching “Rerum Novarum” (New Things)?
Compare the US Bishops of 1919 and 2019
by John Freund, CM | Aug 30, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Maybe it is true… “the more things change, the more they stay the same”! But the Gospel continues to challenge us.
Civic Virtues, Civil Dialogue and Vincentian Goals
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 15, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
If civic dialogue about the needs of the poor and marginalized is going to move forward, Virtues can point the way.
Labor Day and Laudato Si
by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2015 | Formation
The US Bishops are drawing the connection between Labor Day and Laudato Si. Families have been receiving a lot of attention recently. In his encyclical, Laudato Si', Pope Francis teaches that of all the groups that play a role in the welfare of society and help ensure...
USCCB-CCUSA Letter To Congress Regarding Fair And Just Wages
by John Freund, CM | Jul 31, 2015 | News
The leaders of the USCCB-CCUSA write a letter to Congress regarding Fair And Just Wages July 28, 2015 Dear Representative/Senator: On behalf of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic...
Honoring Sr. Carol Keehan DC
by John Freund, CM | Feb 18, 2015 | Vincentian Family
Carol Keehan will be honored as one who has demonstrated a significant commitment to leadership for social justice grounded in the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola,
How a Vincentian University molds social consciousness
by John Freund, CM | Jan 8, 2015 | Vincentian Family
How a Vincentian University molds social consciousness in the words ofa senior at St. John’s University (and she names names in the article )