by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 21, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
Bro. Mark Elder, C.M., who has taught art at DePaul University in Chicago for 28 years, is near the final stages of his six-year public art project, “The Story of the Little School Under the ‘L.’” A visual history of DePaul’s 125-year history, the project consists of...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 21, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Monday, March 14. I am writing from Paris at about noon. I am here to conduct training for staff of Depaul International—Irish and English employees who work for the homeless. My co-presenters are Sr. Maria Parcher, DC, from the United Kingdom and my boss, Mark...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 15, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
The Vincentians have always responded to the needs of people in crisis. Today, we again hear cries for help with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its terrible consequences on innocent children, men, and women. The Congregation of the Mission Western Province...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 14, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
In 1600 France, St. Vincent DePaul was a man ahead of his time. When missionaries were evangelizing in countries far and wide, St. Vincent DePaul recognized our need to be evangelized by the poor. His was a ministry of mutuality. As St. Vincent realized his two-fold...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 14, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Barry Posner, an old friend and co-author of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge, tells the story of having dinner with his wife and his father at a nice San Francisco restaurant. At the end of the meal, his father was excusing himself from the table when he fell...