Do we use music, as a means of evangelization, in our group, branch, parish, etc? Should we?

by Javier F. Chento | January 11, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Part three of four on Almsgiving…a reflection on a full article by Ozanam, which is among Frederic’s most outstanding.
by Javier F. Chento | October 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Ozanam says, This [social] order rests on two virtues, justice and charity, Love and charity: are they the same? How do we try to promote justice?
by Javier F. Chento | December 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
It is important that we see in this primitive text of Ozanam the passion preserved throughout his life when defending his convictions.
by Javier F. Chento | December 24, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
That bond, God that unites family in distance, comforts Frederic, gives him “strength and courage.” Did you wish family and friends a Merry Christmas?
by Javier F. Chento | Dec 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Do we use music, as a means of evangelization, in our group, branch, parish, etc? Should we?
by Javier F. Chento | Dec 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Am I convinced that the first and most important thing is charity, and without it nothing else makes sense?
by Javier F. Chento | Dec 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Three weeks after the birth of his daughter, Ozanam wrote this precious prayer, My Three Angels, to the Virgin Mary. It is worth reading and rereading it.
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 1, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
The purpose of the Society is to form a group or association of mutual encouragement for young Catholics, where they can find friendship, support, example, and a substitute of the family where they have grown up ... And after that, the strongest bond: charity, that is...
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
It is easier to use an uplifting language, to fulfill certain positive precepts and to reject certain pleasures, than to be deeply filled with the evangelical spirit, to keep it in the depths of the soul to ennoble it, purify it and improve it; in the end: to...
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
You may know that in Paris —as in Lyons but for far more plausible reasons— processions are forbidden; but, as some disrupters like Catholicism to be enclosed in the temples of the great cities, this is no reason why young Christians, to whom God has endowed a...
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
I have the very pleasant custom to identify myself with my friends, to consider them as a second family and to surround myself with it to cover the gaps that the misfortune has caused around me. As the generation that preceded and covered us, so to speak, is falling...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
It is foolish to consume the days accumulating what is not to be enjoyed; it is madness also to pile up for the children. Children who see forming a heap of gold for themselves are strongly tempted to sit and fold their arms. To prepare a fortune for them is often to...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 23, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
What constitutes the life of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is the home visit to the poor; it is not enough to attend meetings regularly [...]. The visit, in order to obtain from it the fruits that one has the right to expect, must be punctual, respectful and...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 16, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
If it is helpful for young people to meet friends and brothers, it is essential for the Society to recruit its members among the Youth. Fourteen years ago, the Society was born: it must not get old as its founders grow old and charity becomes a routine practice. Youth...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 9, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
A patron saint is not, in fact, a trivial insignia for a Society, such as a St. Denis or St. Nicholas for an inn. Nor is it an honorable name under which a good impression can be made before the religious world: it is a model that we must strive to live, as he himself...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
The only rule to be considered for human actions is that of love: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God above all things, and thy neighbor as thyself"; magnificent law that recognizes three principles of human actions: —the infinite love of God, immense, without limits;...