by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2013 | Vincentian Family
“What Shall We Do: The Eroding Social Compact toward U.S. Higher Education” Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., Ed.D., President of DePaul University, Chicago, IL will offer the keynote address at the 8th Biennial Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference October 26,...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 28, 2013 | Pope
Pope Francis explained during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta that to get to know Jesus, means that you must complicate your life. And that you cannot get to know him by flying “first class” in life. POPE FRANCIS “You cannot know Jesus without getting oneself...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 28, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
DePaul University collaborates with Depaul International, a UK charity, to assist policymakers and those who deliver services to the homeless to end homelessness. The Institute for Global Homelessness, will be based in Chicago at DePaul University, the country’s...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Word on Fire Blog – Vincent de Paul “I do not think that St. Vincent had mapped and plotted out in his mind that he would found so many institutions, groups or orders…. Rather, he said “yes” to the poor person who came to him… He recognized...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Historian Receives Pierre Coste Prize from DePaul’s Vincentian Studies Institute. Barbara Diefendorf, a history professor at Boston University, is being recognized for her distinguished contributions to Vincentian historiography by the Vincentian Studies Institute at...