In Part 2, I ask us to reflect on how practicing contemplative awareness, attitude and intention and comprehensive compassion are important aspects of Vincentian-Setonian collaboration.
Laudato Si
Living Into Collaboration – A Vincentian Laudato Si’ Point of View, Part 1
My reflections come from many years of working in collaboration but as I write this it is with two non-Vincentian groups, with whom we Sisters of Charity of New York currently collaborate that are uppermost in my mind. Part 1
Laudato Si’s Big Questions
Laudato Si describes the integral relationship the many crises facing our world share.
Laudato Si – A Call To Change Our Way of Thinking
Do you think it is possible to capture the essence of Laudato SI in one cartoon or just five words?
A Wide-Angle Lens On the Cries of the Poor
The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22)
Eight Things – Pope Francis, the Poor, Laudato Si
Have I ever thought about the impact of climate change on those who will bear the first effects and brunt of changes?
Laudato Si’ and Homelessness
One of the most important documents this century, Laudato si’ links climate change to poverty more powerfully than perhaps any previous assessment.
Social Justice Conversations: Pope Francis, Laudato Si, SVDP, the Poor
Pope Francis is following in the line of many of his predecessors in Laudato Si, On Care for Our Common Home, in promoting Catholic Social teaching. What is significant about Pope Francis’ approach is that he addresses Catholic Social teaching through the prism of...
Mercy2Earth Weekend
Brian Roewe from the National Catholic Reporter Writes: A coincidence of calendars this weekend presents for Catholics an uncommon occurrence, where Earth Day precedes Divine Mercy Sunday, an alignment of dates that has inspired some to use it as an occasion to live...
What are You Doing to Evangelize?
Karl Michael Hila wants us to evangelize through social media. To that end the SSVP of the Philippines is involved in the national Catholic Social Media Summit. "Join the Catholic Social Media Summit v5 on November 19, 2016 at H2O Hotel Manila. This year's theme is...
Can You Say No to Pope Francis on September 1?
September 1, Pope Francis asks us to pray for creation. Last year Pope Francis declared September 1st as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Pope Francis states that “The annual World Day of Prayer...
Does Laudato Si matter to you?
Was Laudato Si a "blip" or a "game changer"? An important question, no doubt. But a more important question for us is, does Laudato Si matter to you...and the Vincentian Family? Someone recently said of the Church “We’re collectively the largest global humanitarian...
