by Tom Judge At the end of December, as I contemplated the calendar and the flip from 2014 to 2015, I imagined myself, of all things, an Acapulco cliff diver, balancing at the edge, preparing to take the plunge. Once the calendar turned, I jumped (and I had to jump) there was no way to […]
Interfaith Scholar Joel Gitskin shares how he connects to his faith through being a bike messenger The bike messenger community is an interesting one. In the last year and a half of my life, while I’ve been making money by carrying a bunch of stuff from one place to another on two wheels, I’ve met a strange […]
Fr.Guillermo “Memo” Campuzano, C.M., currently serves as Priest Chaplain for DePaul’s Catholic Campus Ministry. He has worked on behalf of social justice on several continents and often works with religious communities around issues of faith and mission. Students adore him and his challenging, humorous, realistic and loving approach to life and relationships as well as […]
As we enter the great centenary of the World War I anniversaries one of the enduring memories is of epic carnage. The battlefield casualties on all sides of this conflict still stun the mind today. The image of the Daughter of Charity as a battle-field nurse whether in the Crimean War or the American Civil […]
A Time to Die by Rev. Diane Dardon, who is the Protestant Chaplain for DePaul University’s Office of Religious Diversity. To everything there is a season…a time to be born and a time to die. Ecclesiastes 3:1a & 2 The ancient wisdom of Holy Scripture reminds us that life is a constant circle with beginnings […]
“In the face of these immense efforts which already preoccupy the entire human race, people raise numerous questions among themselves: What is the meaning and value of this feverish activity? How should all these things be used? To what goal are the strivings of individuals and societies heading?” […]
Those of us who remember 9/11 have our stories. I drove back to Chicago from Utah in a rental car a few days after the towers fell and flights were impossible to get. As I listened to radio stations across the country, by and large the messages scared me and I feared for friends who […]
Welcome to DePaul, Class of 2018!!! I asked a few friends from the Class of 2017 about the top things you should know as you jump into your first quarter at DePaul. Between their thoughts and mine, here are some helpful nuggets that can make your entry into college life be economical, healthy and fun! Explore […]
This past weekend I was on a road trip with my wife back to our home town of Edmond, Oklahoma. As we drove the 12 hours cross-country to reach our destination, we passed through many different towns and cities. About 4 hours outside of Chicago we started to drive toward St. Louis. As we saw […]
What does a mediocre rental movie have to do with existential questions of humanity and the value of higher education? Probably very little, but I will let you peek into the firing of my synapses which found a connection. It was a free night with no plans so my wife and I rented a movie […]