Formation: systemic change reflections
If You See Something Good, Say Something Good!
by John Freund, CM | June 12, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
It is all too easy to fall into the trap of sharing bad news. Rather… let’s SHARE GOOD NEWS! Affirm it, publicize it when we see it!
I Can’t Help Every Homeless Person!
by John Freund, CM | June 5, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
Have you ever walked past a homeless person lying on his back on the sidewalk? Did it stir up any mixed feelings? Maria Shriver shares an incident in her life.
How are we followers of Vincent at doing dishes?
by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
Questions Leading to “Metanoia” or Changing our Way of Thinking
by John Freund, CM | March 6, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
One of the big challenges many of us face is not only to think beyond ourselves. We also need to change the way we think about how we serve the needs of our sisters and brothers.
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Our Declaration of Independence – An Examination of Conscience
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change
Reading our “declaration of independence” can serve as an examination of conscience on the struggles in living out this declaration over the two and a half centuries since then.
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If You See Something Good, Say Something Good!
by John Freund, CM | Jun 12, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
It is all too easy to fall into the trap of sharing bad news. Rather… let’s SHARE GOOD NEWS! Affirm it, publicize it when we see it!
![I Can’t Help Every Homeless Person!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2019/06/homeless-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
I Can’t Help Every Homeless Person!
by John Freund, CM | Jun 5, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Have you ever walked past a homeless person lying on his back on the sidewalk? Did it stir up any mixed feelings? Maria Shriver shares an incident in her life.
The Day St. Vincent Shifted from Retail to Wholesale
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2018 | Formation, Systemic change
Four hundred years later the story St. Vincent’s sermon at Chattilon is still being told. But it is a story with even wider implications. The story of that sermon at Chatillon is the foundation story for what we call today systemic change.
The Pot Roast Principle and Change
by John Freund, CM | Aug 15, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Generations have done the same thing in spite of the fact there was no longer any necessity for doing it that way. It was just “the way I have always done it.”
Near-sighted Shepherds
by John Freund, CM | Aug 1, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Are we too close to those we serve that we are near-sighted? There systemic are change issues that a clear-sighted servant/shepherd needs to be alert to.
Systemic change challenges us to mission
by John Freund, CM | Jul 25, 2018 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Mission challenges us to systemic change Systemic Change is something radical. It does what it says: The prophet Jeremiah: “This day I set you over nations and over kingdoms, to root up and to tear down, to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant” (Jr...
Where’s the piccolo?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Systemic change does not just happen. It takes the collaboration of many people with different gifts. Each of us has a role in the chorus.
Lessons from Nature – Systemic Change
by John Freund, CM | Jun 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
The gift of a closing prayer drawn from nature.
BINGO or SNGO – Replicability Means Taking Adequate Time!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 14, 2018 | Formation, Systemic change
Replicability is possible only with a well-planned, well-considered, well-measured and well-documented effort. When we come upon or a good idea or process and move to build oue own, care is necessary that we understand what we are implementing.
Matthew 25: A Vincentian Life Process
by Jim Claffey | Mar 21, 2018 | Formation, Systemic change
It is interesting to consider Matthew’s chapter 25 as a whole, all three parables together in sequence, one building on the other.
Does Any Of This Fit You?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Do any of the following characteristics fit you? You might be surprised by what it says about you.