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It Is Better to Do Little than to Do Nothing • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | August 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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...

We Never Do Enough • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | August 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Representatives of the people, We respect the magnitude and the difficulty of your task. We are not those who, by the temerity of their accusations, have the misfortune to weaken the last power capable of saving society. You continue, with just slowness, your work, by...

Goods are for Everyone • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | August 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Rich men, He who taught us to pray for our daily bread nowhere advises us to secure to ourselves ten years of luxury. We live in days without examples, in which it may be wise to sacrifice the future to the present and the economy to necessity. [...] Give the alms of...

Priests Committed to the Poor and the Needy • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | July 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Priests, do not be offended at the freedom of speech which a layman uses in appealing to your zeal. [...] Mistrust yourselves, mistrust the habits and customs of a more peaceful period, and have less doubt of the power of your ministry and its popularity. It is true,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

A Heart On Fire 400 Years Ago Shaped Our Church Today (Part 4)

by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 15, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

Part 4 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 3)

by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 8, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

Part 3 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 2)

by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 1, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

Part 2 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 1)

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 25, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

St. Vincent’s legacy has stood the test of time because he not only changed his world, but anticipated many of the most exciting currents in today’s Church. Part 1 of a new video series written and narrated by Fr. John Freund, C.M.