Martha M. Libster, Ph.D., R.N., and Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., Enligthtened Charity: The Holistic Nursing Care, Education, and Advices Concerning the Sick of Sr. Mathilda Coskery (1799-1870). (Golden Apple Publications: 2009). 528 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0975501825. From the publisher: “Enligthened Charity is a lost history important to the identity of professional American nurses. Throughout history nurses have been […]
— This article was written by Dominique Johnson, a sophomore at DePaul pursuing a degree in Religious Studies. Dominique is an active member of DePaul Interfaith — “Brother mine, he who cares for the opinion of the multitude will never soar above the crowd.”— Letters from the Masters of Wisdom, second series, Letter 22, p. 46 “…stand alone […]
— This is Kara Crawford’s first article posted to this blog. She is graduating this year with a degree in International Studies, while being highly active in Protestant Christian Ministries, Amnesty International, and DePaul Interfaith. — Shhh…don’t tell my pastor, but I skipped church on May 1 for a protest. It was May Day, a […]
— This is the second article in a several part series throughout this quarter, written by Nic Cable, focusing on the complexities of interfaith work in higher education. These articles are in conjunction with an academic independent study project on the same themes. — Last Thursday, students gathered in room 220 of the Lincoln Park […]
Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée : Histoire des Filles de la Charité. La rue pour cloître (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle), Paris, Fayard, 2011, 690 pages, with a preface of Pr. Dominique Julia, 30 €. The Company of the Daughters of Charity is the most important female and catholic congregation in the world. There were 40.000 sisters at its height in […]
— This is the first article in a several part series throughout this quarter, written by Nic Cable, focusing on the complexities of interfaith work in higher education. These articles are in conjunction with an academic independent study project on the same themes. — This past weekend, nearly 30 DePaul University students gathered together to […]
In his biography of Vincent de Paul, Louis Abelly introduced a number of hagiographic myths that continue to haunt Vincentian studies. For example, Abelly took a conference in which Vincent had related the story of someone he knew who was once falsely accused of theft, and applied it to the saint himself. Abelly says that the […]
Church, Society, and Religious Change in France, 1580-1730 by Joseph Bergin Yale University Press, 2009, 506 p ISBN: 9780300150988 Winner of the 2010 Me du concours des antiquites de France given by the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles’Lettres in Paris This readable and engaging book by an acclaimed historian is the only wide-ranging synthesis devoted to […]
http://stvincentimages.cdm.depaul.edu/ Thanks to DePaul University’s college of Computing and Digital Media (CDM), there is a readily accessible archive of Vincentian images. This has grown since its beginning in 2008 to have the largest collection of these images. We began with St. Vincent images, and then added St. Louise de Marillac, various Vincentian persons (mainly members […]
— Today’s guest post is by Mohammad Yassin, a sophomore at DePaul University, studying in the College of Commerce. Mohammad serves on the E-Board of DePaul’s Muslim Student Association, United Muslims Moving Ahead (UMMA), and as an Interfaith Scholar. He is looking forward to occasionally writing for this blog about religious topics in order to […]