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

Of course, the districts of Saint-Jacques and of Jardin-des-Plantes do not always give the spectacle of the same desolation. We know there shopping streets, poor but livable houses, narrow but well-kept rooms that retain remains of an old slack, waxed furniture, white...

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.

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...

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...

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,

Profit or alleviating poverty – false dichotomy

by John Freund, CM | Jun 18, 2014 | Formation, Vincentian Family

RomeReports TV - Helping end poverty while also making a business profit addresses the false dichotomy between profit and alleviating poverty. What's the best way to invest, make a profit and at the same time help those in need, while following the social doctrine of...

Frederic Ozanam Stories

by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2014 | Vincentian Family

Frederic Ozanam Stories collected by Sr. Claire Sweeney D.C. found on the website of the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice.

Pope international unemployment, migration and solidarity

by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2014 | Pope

In a message that would resonate with Frederic Ozanam and Vincent dePaul the Pope calls for a more determined implementation of international labour standards

Pope Francis – Redistribution of wealth

by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2014 | Pope, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) headlines... Pope Francis called for governments to do their part to aid the poor by redistributing wealth in a spirit of generosity. Pope Francis made the plea on Friday during a speech to U.N. Secretary General Ban Kai Moon. Below...

Vincentian thinkers

by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

CALL FOR PAPERS -Prosperity, Poverty and the Purpose of Business Rediscovering Integral Human Development in the Catholic Social Tradition It has been said that the character of a people is found in the way that it treats its poor and marginalized. So what is the...

Bishops review Cesar Chavez film

by John Freund, CM | Mar 28, 2014 | Justice and Peace

Bishops say Cesar Chavez film shows Catholic social justice According to the Catholic News Agency... Several bishops have praised “Cesar Chavez,” a new movie about the labor rights leader and devout Catholic, for its portrayal of a man whom they say embodied the...

An app for Catholic social teaching

by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2014 | Justice and Peace

A new iPhone and iPad application from a Washington, D.C., think tank aims to spread Catholic social teaching through Church documents, news and commentary. So writes the Catholic New Agency. The Ethics and Public Policy Center said its free app is “a great resource...

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