In recent years there has been considerable discussion and at times some confusion over the topics of The preferential option for the poor, systemic change and our Vincentian charism.
Formation: Systemic change
Is Your Glass Half Empty… Or Half Full?
True optimism is the ability to see the emptiness of half the glass while choosing to focus on the fullness of the other half of the glass.
Incarnation – Call To Change
Jesus came to change our minds, not God’s! The Word became flesh to show us what God’s message and way of thinking looks like when lived humanly. Jesus is the living model of world-changing systemic change.
Let’s Talk Openly About the Challenge of St. John Paul II
“Search out more than ever, with boldness, humility, and skill, the causes of poverty and encourage short and long term solutions. adaptable and effective concrete solutions.” St. John Paul II
What My Mother Taught Me About Systemic Change
My mother did not realize she was teaching me about systemic change. But she did. She taught me how to appreciate the Incarnation is the greatest systemic change in our history.
Jesus vs. the UN on the Eradication of Poverty
October 17th marks the UN’s World Day for the Eradication of Poverty calling us to work toward overcoming poverty.
What Can an Arcade Game Teach Us About Ministry?
Whack-a-mole has become something of a metaphor for a recurring problem that one never seems to get ahead of. How do we address recurring problems?
What Can the Indigenous People of the Amazon Teach Us?
The emergence of indigenous peoples in society and in the Church has been recognized by the Latin American Bishops as a new Pentecost, a Kairos, a sacred moment of encounter for all.
Speaking the Truth to Power at Any Age
Profiles in courage from the present and the past, young and old.
Hazard! – Dangerous Thinking Ahead
Vincent and Louise, Frederick, and indeed all the great figures of our Vincentian heritage, were not afraid to ask what has become known as the Vincentian question, “What must be done?”
A Conductor Notices
We may sometimes feel like that piccolo player – that we don’t have much to offer, that if we stopped our ministry no one would notice anyway. Yet the Great Conductor notices, and needs us to complete his orchestral masterpiece!
Catholics, Advocacy And Systemic Change
The Vincentian Family, devoted to the poor, should be one of the loudest voices advocating for real and permanent change of the systems and structures and decisions that make and keep people poor.
