Recent updates:
formation package
Let’s Go to the Front Lines! • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | November 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
God Did Not Make the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | November 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Ozanam’s Last Wills • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | October 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Not Only Giving Alms to the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | October 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
God Did Not Make the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
God did not make the poor. […] It is human liberty that makes the poor. […] We have put crushing taxes on salt, meat,...
Ozanam’s Last Wills • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I commit my soul to Jesus Christ, my Saviour, frightened at my sins, but trusting in His infinite mercy. I die in the...
Not Only Giving Alms to the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Almsgiving alone, alms that are not accompanied by words and love, is a humiliation for the one who receives it. Do we...
The Character of Vincentian Leaders • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In a Society that grows, and whose main purpose is to work for the renewal of faith and charity among men, in which all variety of ages, customs and human opinions must meet, the presidency needs many qualities, a special merit, and a man difficult to find if God does...
There is no “You” without “Me,” nor “I” without “You” • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 5, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
The "I" is truly importunate and hateful, that selfish solitude does not suit the needs of my character; I need the moral accompaniment of the family, the feeling of the "We." You are good and charitable in allowing it, and I will take you for your word. From now on...
We Are All Responsible • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 28, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
All Catholic countries have placed charity in the law, but what has saved them is that they have not extinguished it in their hearts. The ordinances of the kings of France would never have relieved the provinces of the misery that followed the wars of Louis XIII if...
Useless Servants • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We are useless servants: such is the testimony that must give those who unite to serve God and men. [...] Not to show ourselves, but let us to be seen: such could be our formula and is, more or less, among the maxims of a great apostle of charity, Saint Francis de...
The Fundamentals of our Faith • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Our century has forgotten to such an extent the Christian language of our parents that it is difficult to speak without involuntarily flattering the passions of bad citizens, and without hurting the timidity of honest people. When we are moved by the advances of...
No One Succors the Poor Better than the Poor Themselves • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Citizens of every condition, You, to whom the rigor of the times has taken away you the superfluous, you, who lack what is necessary, can do more than others, because of the evils you know. All who have the experience of public charity know that no one succours the...
People are Generous • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Aug 31, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Representatives of the people, Do not plead want of money. If the ordinary resources should come to fail you, if there should be nothing more to hope for from credit and reserve funds, hope everything still from the generosity of France. Openly announce the measures...
Working Tirelessly for the Impoverished • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Aug 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Representatives of the people, Do not say that you lack time. Under the shootings of the insurrection, the National Assembly asked the night for the hours denied by the day. I saw you on all the barricades, haranguing the factious, encouraging the defenders of order,...
It Is Better to Do Little than to Do Nothing • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Aug 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Representatives of the people, Do not say that you lack inspiration. [...] We do not ignore the obstacles or the rivalries, nor the imperfections that stop each project and that perpetuate the debates. But we have never seen that great powers were instituted by easy...