by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 16, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
A family goes to Disney World for a small vacation. The kids are deliriously happy about the trip, anticipating the rides, food, Disney characters and the whole show. A friend texts them every hour to see how the day is going. The first contact is when they are...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 16, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
May 11, 2022, address to the Serra Club of St. Louis, an international Catholic organization that foster’s vocations. I want to thank you for this invitation and opportunity to be with you and speak with you today. I am truly honored to be here and to spend this time...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 9, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
During the past three weeks, I have been recovering from a 3.5-hour back surgery and thereby dependent on others for care and kindness. Unable to bend, lean, or twist (the BLT treatment), I relied on friends to do many of the usual household chores for me—make the...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 9, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) was a great friend and valuable collaborator of Vincent de Paul and co-founded the Daughters of Charity with him. Louise was born in Paris in 1591. She was raised by her father, the aristocratic Louis de Marillac. She attended...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 3, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
A memorial mass was held on April 27 at St. Vincent’s Church in Chicago for Fr. John Richardson, C.M., former president of DePaul University, who passed away March 29 at the age of 98. The following is the textt of the homily, delivered by Fr. Patrick McDevitt,...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 2, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
My first job was a paper route for the Moline Dispatch. I was 10 years old when I started and covered the mile and a half route mostly on a bicycle, often on foot, and occasionally with dad’s help in the family car. My syblings soon were conscripted to deliver to...
