Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born. I saw some 90% of my extended family in Germany for the first time. My “Tante” Tessie and my “Onkle”...
Casa Milagrosa offers homeless guests radical hospitality This article was originally published in the spring issue of the Western Province’s quarterly newsletter, The Vincentian. Guillermo Vidaurri calls them guests—the homeless patrons who visit Depaul USA’s Casa...
The Central America Region is one of the 6 regions that make up the Vincentian Family in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAVILA). Our region is composed of 6 National Councils (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) and a Regional...
In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.” I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself. In John’s Gospel, Jesus describes his role as a shepherd. Using this image, he offers some fundamental ideas around...
The phrase “call within a call” is frequently associated with Mother Theresa. In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would...
