Vincentian Mission and Identity Resources for DePaul Trustees

​​​This page contains materials about Vincentian mission and identity to support ongoing formation of DePaul University Trustees.  These materials will be updated periodically.

DePaul websites:

• DePaul Mission Statement and “Distinguishing Characteristics, Core Values, and Commitments” supporting document
• Way of Wisdom Blog - This Division of Mission and Ministry (DMM) blog contains Vincentian reflections, heritage articles, updates on Vincentian scholarly works, video links and more. It is updated continuously. 
  
• DMM Student Engagement Area websites – Service, Religious Diversity and Pastoral Care, and Catholic Campus Ministry
• DMM Faculty and Staff Engagement​
• DePaul University Centennial Essays and Images - A collection of eight essays in three parts: Mission and Governance; Campus Culture and Student Life; and Making the Modern University.
• St. Vincent's Handwritten Letters – browse the library’s collection online

Timely Vincentian Articles

• Modern Vincentianism embodied by DePaul Mission & Ministries professor – DePaulia article on Karl Nass, Director of Vincentian Service and Formation, April 5, 2021
• COVID-19: Some Wisdom from the Past. The Experience of St. Vincent de Paul - Rev. Robert Maloney, C.M., April 1, 2020

Recent Vincentian Scholarship

• Vincentian Heritage Journal - a peer-reviewed scholarly e-journal dedicated to promoting a living interest in the historical and spiritual heritage of the wide-ranging Vincentian Family.
• A General History of the Congregation of the Mission by Claude-Joseph Lacour, C.M. (free to download)
  

Informative articles from Vincentiana

Vincentiana, the journal from the Congregation of the Mission that reflects Vincentian interests around the world and speaks to a legacy that stretches back to St. Vincent de Paul​.​

• ​Mercy as Part of Our Being as Vincentians​, Andrés R. M. Motto, C.M., 2016-01-08
  Mercy is essential in the Christian narrative, and thus the Vincentian narrative. It is concrete love and solidarity in action, from a theological perspective.
• The Vincentian Family: 400 Years of Service on Behalf of the Poor​, Lauro Palú, C.M., 2015-04-12
  Historic development of Vincentian service to the poor.
• Identity and Sense of Belonging: Our Journey to the Heart of Humanity and the Earth, Guillermo Campuzano, CM, 2017-02-06
  Presenting ways in which we are reinterpreting the Vincentian Charism today - a sense of belonging to all humanity and the planet. We belong to something bigger than us.
• Saint Vincent as a Mystic of Charity, Robert Maloney, CM, 2017-01-10
  The current and present reading of the meaning of Charity in the Vincentian spirit​

​​To visit the Board Mission Orientation materials page for Trustees, please go here.