An idea worth imitating! EnerCasa Co-op has come up with an idea of harvesting energy from mall shoppers who stop by to pedal on a stationary bicycle, giving electricity to local non-profit organizations.
Formation: systemic change reflections
Needed Not Needy: A Systemic Change in Perception
Why Changing The World’s Perception Is Critical To How We Tackle Poverty
Revisioning Our Ministry in the New Year
What Herod and the Wisemen can teach us about revisioning our ministry with people trapped in poverty.
Personal Experience of Need for Systemic Change
Frequent visitors of this site are deeply committed to helping those who suffer poverty and are committed to a systemic change approach that goes beyond handouts. At the same time it might be that despite good will, not all have personal experience of what it is like...
Eucharist and The Need for Change
Eucharist challenges us to recognize and confront the structures of sin. It prepares us for a mission to transform the world.
Going Beyond Rigged Cycles
VinFormation offers this 67 second video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycles of poverty.
“I Was in Prison….”
A group of women aim to break the cycle of incarceration in families in the U.S., caring for those who were formerly imprisoned much as St. Vincent and his collaborators were motivated by charity to care for the galley slaves in the 17th century.
Looking Through the Eyes of Another…Fresh Eyes
The connection between empathy and our efforts at fostering and enabling systemic change.
Who’s Missing: A Systemic Change Reflection
A recent U.S.A. news headline: “Poor seem far down list on candidates’ agendas.” No real surprise there! In the last presidential campaign in the United States, neither President Obama nor Mr. Romney ever mentioned people living in poverty in major campaign addresses...
Charity from the perspective of Systemic Change: A Reflection from Fr. Gregory Gay, C. M.
Father Gregory Gay, CM, former Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, was recently interviewed by the news agency Rome Reports, offering a reflection on how we as Vincentians understand charity from the charism of St. Vincent...
Prayer and Action: A Systemic Change Reflection
Prayer and Action go together for Vincentians. There cannot be one without the other. “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient…” Abraham...
Friendship as a Key to Systemic Change
Have you ever thought of friendship as a key to systemic change in our approach to poverty? If you lost everything, how long would it take you to get something to eat, find a place to stay, and a get some work? Tough situation? Yes! But nothing compared to the...
