by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
The new blog of the St. Vincent DePaul Young Adult Center is just a beautiful project to behold! The Young Adult Center is a nonprofit house that hosts service retreat groups from high schools and colleges that follow the Vincentian teachings. The blog was started by...
by Shelby A Johnson | Jul 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“Living an authentic life focused on helping people and empowering others to be all they can be.” I’m majoring in community psychology. This is a relatively new division of psychology which is focused on individuals and how they relate to and are affected...
by Joel Cassady, CVV ’11 | Jul 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Last summer and fall, we were fortunate to get several visits from my wife’s brother and his girlfriend. They would come through town often en route to various destinations around the country where they could visit national parks, climb, fly fish, and enjoy the...
by Cathryn Dutton, CVV ’18 | Jul 13, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
I composed this poem thinking about the ties to service and those less fortunate that my service with CVV instilled in me. There are so many things in the world that try to pull us out of our purpose of being companions on the journey and so many circumstances in the...
by Erica Dix | Jul 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.” -John Green My Vincentian Story begins in a church. As I grew up and learned about Catholicism, I always felt as if there was something missing. When I came to DePaul and learned the story of St....
