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A 5-day Vincentian Retreat (PDF)
Formation: Systemic change
Systemic Change – What My Mother Taught Me
When will we really buy into the systemic change of thinking Jesus came to show us?
Acts of the Apostles, Systemic Change and Polarization
Over the next several weeks the liturgy, drawing from the Acts of the Apostles, presents selected stories of ordinary people who coped with severe polarization some 2,000 years ago.
Workshop for the Promotion of Systemic Change
The Commission on the Promotion of Systemic Change provided a one day zoom workshop for the Daughters of Charity of the Province of St. Louise, USA.
Daring To Pray For Structural Change
Everyone wants structural change. Do we pray for it?
Are we Finished with Systemic Change?
Apparently some in the Vincentian Family think our systemic change (SC) work has run its course.
What Are Elements Of Structural Racism?
What might be “Socially Acceptable” and “Not Socially Acceptable” elements of “structural” racism.
Corpus Christi and the Case for Change
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
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)
The Grasshopper Theory of Poverty and Change
A simple story that describes what it is like to be poor.
Learning From God’s Model Of Changing History
What can we learn about being chang agents from imitating God’s model of bringing about a change in our ways of thinking?
After the Virus – A Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday Consciousness?
We face a choice. Will we think of ourselves as living in a Holy Saturday world or an Easter Sunday world?
The Pandemic and Systemic Change
The only certain thing these days is uncertainty. When will the pandemic end, how many lives will be lost, will life ever be the same?