Formation: systemic change reflections
Near-sighted Shepherds
by John Freund, CM | August 1, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
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 | July 25, 2018 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Where’s the piccolo?
by John Freund, CM | July 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
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 | June 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
The gift of a closing prayer drawn from nature.
Some Things We Can All Agree On!
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
We pray in thanksgiving for the privilege and responsibility of being able to organize as individuals politically. We pray that each of us, as citizens, feel compelled to exercise our right and responsibility to vote…
Developing a Culture of Mission
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
This post connects a couple of dots. The first dot is that systemic change flourishes when there is a careful understanding of the situation. The other dot is that that a culture of vocations is really a culture of mission.
The Miracle of Seeing
by John Freund, CM | Aug 29, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
The miracle of seeing! What a miracle seeing is! So often it is taken for granted by those who can see. Lose...
Systemic change’s blindest blind spot
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2015 | Formation, Systemic change
(The development professional were certain that indoor water faucets would aid development but )....had development professionals not instantly assumed that walking to a well was a burden, they might have realized that the water faucets installed inside houses in a...
A Theology for Systemic Change?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jun 4, 2015 | Formation, Systemic change
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
“What is your Church doing now?” Frederic Ozanam’s response
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
“What is your Church doing now for those who are poor?” Frederic Ozanam and the Society of St. Vincent dePaul has been answering that question for almost 200 years.
Why is a Systemic Change mentality important?
by John Freund, CM | Aug 5, 2014 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Why is a Systemic Change mentality important? This is a question asked by Fr. Robert Maloney, CM in a Presentation offered on VinFormation.
Why be the Voice of the Poor?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
By identifying and bringing attention to those issues that are critical to those living in poverty and to the structures, societal and legislative, that cause and perpetuate poverty, VOP Vincentians can help communities and elected representatives to develop strategies and tactics that will provide the most effective and efficient mean to reduce or eliminate poverty.
Maya Angelou, “untold stories” and the Vincentian Family
by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2014 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
“There is no greater burden than carrying an untold story.” Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Frederic Ozanam – Systemic Thinking and Change
by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2014 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The National Office of the SVDP draws attention to an excerpt of National Board of Director's Stategic Goal Leader 4, Ray Sickinger's contribution to the publication Vincentian Heritage: FREDERIC OZANAM: SYSTEMIC THINKING AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE A number of biographies...