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To Grieve with the Evils of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | July 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Protecting the Children • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | July 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
The Dignity of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | July 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
To Comply with the Precepts or to Be Truly Christian • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | June 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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To Grieve with the Evils of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
[If so are now] the evils, not of a single district, but of several districts of Paris; not only in Paris but in Lyon,...
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Protecting the Children • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
One is terrified, and rightly, by that multitude of children growing up for disorder and for crime, with no other...
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The Dignity of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In these foul cellars and garrets, sometimes next door to sloth and vice we have often come upon the loveliest...
Responsible for Proclaiming the Word of God • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Dear friend, we have not faith enough; we are always looking for the re-establishment of religion by political means; we dream of a Constantine who, with one blow and one effort, would bring back the nations to the fold. The fact is we don't really know the history of...
Faith: an Act of Will • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Dear friend, you are continually heading out on long and fatiguing journeys that are dangerous to your health (your health has already been severely tested). Bear with me as I express my concern. You say you are seeking to create new sources of interest for yourself...
Defending our Beliefs and Loving our Adversaries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Above all else, let us learn how to defend our convictions without hating our adversaries, to love those who have a different opinion, to recognize the fact that Christians have many and varied viewpoints and that God can be served today as always. Let us complain...
The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I do not like and do not share in any way the rigorist doctrines of some Christians, who, without even realizing it, have clothed themselves in arrogance and false modesty; they are far from the true spirit of faith. The innocent joys of life were never forbidden....
Experience, the Mother of Knowledge • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We are convinced that the science of charitable reforms is not learned in the books or in the tribunes of the public assemblies, but by going up to the hovel of the poor, sitting at their bedside, suffering the cold they suffer. Then, in friendly conversation, we have...
Learning from Our Children and Our Parents • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
What an incredible moment when I heard the last cries of my beloved wife and the first cries of my daughter! What an incredible moment to behold that child, small but immortal; that child that God placed in my hands; that child that has brought me much love and many...
Weaving God’s Plan • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We, all of us, are like the weavers of the Gobelins, who, following out the pattern of an unknown artist, endeavor to match the threads of diverse colors on the wrong side of the loom, and do not see the result of their labor. It is only when the work is complete that...
A Heart On Fire 400 Years Ago Shaped Our Church Today (Part 6)
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 1, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
Part 6 of the new video series written and narrated by Fr. John Freund, C.M.
A Heart On Fire 400 Years Ago Shaped Our Church Today (Part 5)
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 22, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
Part 5 of the new video series written and narrated by Fr. John Freund, C.M.