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Hospitality Ethos With Justice And Dignity: Catholic, Vincentian, And Jesuit Perspectives On Global Migration, Marco Tavanti Ph.D.
Hospitality Ethos With Justice And Dignity: Catholic, Vincentian, And Jesuit Perspectives On Global Migration, Marco Tavanti Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
Marco Tavanti examines the causes, consequences, and problems of global migration, and particularly forced migration, as human rights issues. We owe caritas, “human-divine love,” to migrants and must therefore treat them with a hospitality founded on justice and dignity. In the Abrahamic religions, hospitality is “generosity and graciousness” extended to friends and potentially dangerous strangers alike as a “service to God and humanity.” Such hospitality is “based on the needs of the guest, not the benefit of the host.” Hospitality was central to early Christianity and remains an imperative for today’s Church. Social justice’s role in hospitality is explored, …
The Complex But Necessary Union Of Charity And Justice: Insights From The Vincentian Tradition For Contemporary Catholic Social Teaching, Meghan J. Clark Ph.D.
The Complex But Necessary Union Of Charity And Justice: Insights From The Vincentian Tradition For Contemporary Catholic Social Teaching, Meghan J. Clark Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
Meghan Clark discusses the relationship between charity and justice as set forth in two of Benedict XVI’s encyclicals, Deus Caritas Est and Caritas in Veritate, and then considers what Vincentian tradition contributes toward the understanding of that relationship. Clark writes, “What emerges is a model of cultivating solidarity through justice and charity as integral to the life of Christian discipleship.” Deus Caritas Est calls for direct service to those in need because it is only through charity and loving others that we are fully aware of God’s love for us. As Clark summarizes Caritas in Veritate, “Justice in …
Vincentiana Vol. 52, No. 4 [Full Issue]
The Shadow Side Of The Vincentian Mission, John Prager C.M.
The Shadow Side Of The Vincentian Mission, John Prager C.M.
Vincentian Studies
John Prager reflects on the elements of the missionary vocation as well as its challenges, or as he calls it, “the shadow side of the mission.” To be a missionary is to “accompany Jesus into the world of the poor.” It requires insertion (the assumption of the poor’s lifestyle and the discarding of security), inculturation (entering into and learning from the worldview of the poor), and new evangelization (cooperating with God’s love in many ways, especially ministering with the perspective of the poor in mind). Vulnerability, insecurity, doubts, confusion, fear, anger, and loneliness are all part of the shadow side …
The Shadow Side Of The Vincentian Mission, John P. Prager C.M.
The Shadow Side Of The Vincentian Mission, John P. Prager C.M.
Vincentiana
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La Face Obscure De La Mission Vincentienne, John P. Prager C.M.
La Face Obscure De La Mission Vincentienne, John P. Prager C.M.
Vincentiana
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El Lado Oscuro De La Vocación Misionera Vicenciana, John P. Prager C.M.
El Lado Oscuro De La Vocación Misionera Vicenciana, John P. Prager C.M.
Vincentiana
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