Introduction I thank the organizers of this gathering for considering me to give this talk. I am not in any way an expert in the Vincentian Spirituality and far less an expert in discussing the … Read More
Inventive Love
When Vincent de Paul died 350 years ago last September, all of Paris mourned. Poor and rich alike wept because they loved this man whose life (1581-1660) had been extraordinary. As a teenager he fled … Read More
Property and People: The ongoing relevance of an oft-forgotten church teaching
We forget many things. Usually, they do not disappear completely from memory; they just lie buried under countless other things. From time to time they rise to the surface, but quickly fall back into oblivion. … Read More
New in the Library: “Seeds of Hope: Stories of Systemic Change”
This work of just under 200 pages in its English-language edition is, it seems, without precedent in Vincentian history. It has been produced by a body called The Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. … Read More
Systemic change
“No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth… People do not put new wine into old wineskins…” (Mt 9:16-17) I. The reality that challenges us On February 2-4, 2007 during the … Read More